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In December 1997, a large group of scientists and interested administrators and educators gathered in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to discuss starting an ATBI for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Soon after the meeting in December 1997, Discover Life in America was created as the administrative organization for the ATBI of the Great Smoky ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers a total of 522,419 acres (816.280 sq mi; 211,415 ha; 2,114.15 km 2) The park is roughly evenly divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is located within portions of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties in Tennessee, and Swain and Haywood Counties in North Carolina. [12]
A black bear in the Great Smokies. The Great Smoky Mountains are home to 66 species of mammals, over 240 species of birds, 43 species of amphibians, 60 species of fish, and 40 species of reptiles. The range has the densest black bear population east of the Mississippi River. The black bear has come to symbolize wildlife in the Smokies, and the ...
Smokies Life supports the National Park Service through sales, labor, donations, and volunteering. Efforts include: distribution and publication of educational books and guides, funding visitor center exhibits and artifact collections, sponsoring free historic demonstrations and festivals, funding the Park's library, and helping to fund the ...
As the primary roadway through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Newfound Gap Road (U.S. Highway 441), is the hub of activity in the national park. Both of the largest visitors centers are on either end of the highway, near Gatlinburg ( Sugarlands ) and just out of Cherokee, North Carolina ( Oconaluftee ), as are most of the most popular ...
The rink will be open 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, with special holiday hours and themes. For more information on park hours, visit wildernessatthesmokies.com . Gatlinburg's New Years Eve ...
Mount Guyot is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States.At 6,621 feet (2,018 m) in elevation, Guyot is the fourth-highest summit in the Eastern U.S., [3] and the second-highest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [4]
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM