Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The beauty of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is displayed in its awesome waterfalls, cool mountain rivers, wildflowers, floral and fauna, and the glory of Fall as the tree leaves change to brilliant colors of red, orange, and gold. Encompassing over 500,000 acres of forest land, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is situated in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Autumn's pageantry of colors in the Smoky Mountains usually peaks in mid-October. Some 800 miles of trails thread the whole of the Smoky Mountains natural fabric - and its waterfalls, coves, balds, and rushing streams.

Whatever season you choose to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you will find many things to do to make your vacation fun and relaxing. Cades Cove is the National Park's open air museum. Throughout the Cove you will see historic buildings, including rustic log homes of original residents of the Cove, several churches, an old mill, molasses making equipment, and cemeteries.

Smoky Mountain foliage color takes your breath away, and the landscape will stir your soul. The best time to see the Fall Colors is from mid-October to mid-November.
Fall Foliage Tour

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