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Great Smoky Mountain National Park: 2015 Summer Vacation Summer Trip 2015

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Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park:2015 Summer Vacation

Summer Trip 2015

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Smoky Mountain Park FactsThe most visited park in the US with approximately 10 million visitors per year500,000 acres that straddle North Carolina and TennesseeBordered by Cherokee, a reservation for the Eastern band of Cherokee Native Americans.

CLINGMANS DOME

Elevation: 6,643The second highest point east of the Mississippi

Newfoundland Gap 48 degrees at 8:30 am!

Mingo Falls 200 ft. tall

Oconaluftee Indian Village, CherokeeAn interactive, living museum

Unto These HillsA dramatic performance that depicts the history of the Cherokee Indian.

Cherokee Street SignsMany of the street signs display the native Cherokee language and English.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Hiking Along the Blue Ridge Parkway:Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418

Now I know why they call them smoky mountains. Great trip!