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The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living.
The following is a comprehensive list of historical structures located within and maintained by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Structures at Cades Cove, Roaring Fork, the Noah Ogle Place, and Elkmont are part of U.S. Registered Historic Districts.
Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee.It is located 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census [7] and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. [8]
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]
In 2006, the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center opened in Townsend with the mission of preserving various aspects of the region's culture. [93] The Tennessee Smokies baseball team plays in Sevierville and is named for the mountain range. [94] The Great Smoky Mountains are home to The Gatlinburg SkyLift and SkyBridge. [95]
The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, [1] were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg , both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park .
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 0.0: 0.0: US 441 south (Newfound Gap Road) – Cherokee: Continuation into North Carolina: SR 73 Scenic west (Little River Road/SR 337 west) – Townsend, Elkmont, Cades Cove: Southern end of SR 73 Scenic concurrency: Gatlinburg Bypass north – Pigeon Forge: Southern terminus of Gatlinburg Bypass: Gatlinburg
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Club Cabin. The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club Cabin, located next to the Messer Barn on the Porters Creek Trail, is a dog-trot cabin constructed by members of the SMHC between 1934 and 1936, one of the few non-NPS structures built within the park's boundaries during the 1930s.