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Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately 81 kilometres (50 mi) west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 to the north ...
Kuwohi is the most accessible mountain top in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The 7-mile (11 km) Clingmans Dome Road, which is open annually from April 1 through November 30, [ 4 ] begins just past Newfound Gap and leads up the mountain to the Forney Ridge Parking Area, 330 feet (100 m) below the summit.
As for temperatures, the average temperature difference between the mountains (Newfound Gap around 5,000 feet (1,500 m) MSL and the valleys (Park Headquarters around 1,600 feet (490 m) MSL in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is between 10 and 13 °F (−12 and −11 °C) with highs and between 3 and 6 °F (−16 and −14 °C) with lows.
The Lower Mount Cammerer Trail is an American hiking trail, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Cocke County, Tennessee.The trail ascends Mount Cammerer (elev. 4,928 ft (1,502 m); 1,502 m), leading (via a connection with the Appalachian Trail) to a small, untraditional firetower at the summit, from which panoramic views of Cocke County, the main range of the Great Smoky Mountains ...
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. Nine individual structures in the park are listed on the National Register of Historic ...
Mount Cammerer was named for Arno B. Cammerer, director of the National Park Service (1933–1940) and an instrumental figure in establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mt. Mt. Cammerer was previously known as "White Rock," referring to the quartzite outcrops at the summit. [ 8 ]
[17] [18] In 1961, Masa Knob, a peak of 5,685 feet [19] in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, was named in Masa's honor. [ 17 ] [ 20 ] It stands, appropriately, adjacent to Mount Kephart . Interest in Masa's life was revived by documentary film-makers more than 60 years after his death.
Spray Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park located east of the Rocky Mountains, along the Spray River in western Alberta, Canada.. The park is part of the Kananaskis Country park system (along with Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park, Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, Elbow-Sheep ...