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Oconaluftee Visitor Center near the eastern entrance to the park. The Oconaluftee is the valley of the Oconaluftee River in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Formerly the site of a Cherokee village and an Appalachian community, the valley is now North Carolina's main entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Mountain Farm Museum beside Great Smoky Mountain National Park's Oconaluftee Visitor Center shows visitors what it would have been like to live in the area before the park was established.
Outside the Oconaluftee Visitor Center at 1194 Newfound Gap Road near Cherokee. At various locations around Cades Cove Loop Road, including near the John Oliver Cabin and at the Cades Cove Overlook.
The two main visitor centers inside the park are the Sugarlands Visitors' Center near the Gatlinburg entrance and the Oconaluftee Visitor Center near the Cherokee entrance. These visitor centers also contain ranger stations, and provide exhibits on wildlife, geology, and the history of the park. They also sell books, maps, and souvenirs.
The Sugarlands and Oconaluftee visitor centers will also open in the Smokies, while Cades Cove, Twin Creeks and Tremont will remain closed. A snow plow begins to clear snow in the Great Smoky ...
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a replica of an 18th-century eastern Cherokee community founded in 1952 and located along the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. History [ edit ]
The village of Oconaluftee, which was situated along the Oconaluftee River near the modern Oconaluftee Visitor Center, was the only known permanent Cherokee village located within the national park's boundaries.
Outside the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Eclipse watch events in Knoxville. Although Knoxville is not in the path of totality, there are a few free eclipse viewing events planned for April 8 in the ...