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Bring these things along on your Great Smoky vacation.

Get ready to explore America’s most popular national park with your RV.

Drive up to a classic diner experience right outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend, Tenn. Locals say it’s the best burger in the county.

Do a puzzle, read a book, listen to music or create art.

Here’s a guide to some of the park’s most beloved animals and where to see them.

Learn how to capture stunning night landscape pictures of the stars and Milky Way in this nine-part online photography course.

See Great Smoky Mountains National Park through a local’s eyes on a tour with Pink Adventure Tours

Gatlinburg and its sister town, Pigeon Forge, are packed full of family-friendly attractions, putt putt golf courses, arcades, and old-time photo shops.

Reach the park's highest peak, see pioneer history and find incredible fall colors at our country's most popular national park.

24-hour Great Smoky Mountains Photo Story

Follow your dreams.

From one of America’s largest aerial tramways, you’ll see the Smokies rolling in every direction, a view that is especially spectacular in the fall.

Enter February 15 through August 31, 2023

Avoid getting lost on remote dirt roads and gorgeous trails when you use Gaia GPS.

The national park and parts of North Carolina are on one of the natural migration routes. Learn more about the annual monarch-tagging event.

See the colors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Here's everything you need to know about the national parks reopening.

See vistas of multiple states from these vantage points.

Take a photo tour of the Cades Cove historic community, its log cabins, churches, and grist mill, inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Plan an eco-friendly road trip by hitting the pavement in your electric vehicle with our guide to charging locations in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Use caution around streams and waterfalls.

This shade-loving tree that keeps the park cool in the summers faces a silent killer.

Plays automatically as you drive.

Steer away from the crowds at America’s most visited national park by going underground in the world's longest cave in nearby Kentucky.

Know where you're going.

Explore the past on the peaceful side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend, Tenn.

Visit a pioneer community and watch elk in this remote section of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This park, split in two by a state border, has major entrances from the north Tennessee side and the south North Carolina side.

On this 430-mile trip from Charlotte, North Carolina to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you’ll experience the best of the South from food and history to gorgeous wilderness including waterfalls and autumn colors.

Visit historic sites, the beach, and carefree towns before exploring America's most visited national park from its North Carolina entrance.

Natural Retreats offers a collection of Smoky Mountain cabins, many with impressive mountain views. Find yourself close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park with lodging in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Wears Valley.

Students in the 4th grade can get a free annual entry pass for their family to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.

The scenery and attractions don't stop at the park border.

This map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows outlying gateways from Knoxville, Tenn. in the north to Waynesville, N.C. in the south.

Discover an incredible culinary scene near Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Waynesville, N.C.

Stay close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, avoid the crowds and experience the best of the Smokies.

Wildland Trekking founders explain why they teach their travelers to reduce their impact while exploring national parks.

Located just off the Blue Ridge Scenic Byway, this museum is a no-brainer stop for motorcycle lovers and novices alike.

Experience the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Shenandoah National Park

An hour east of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you’ll find yourself in the eclectic city of Asheville, N.C.