How to Get to Great Smoky Mountains National Park {Entrances, Visitor Centers, Nearby Towns & Closest Airports}

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is America’s most popular national park, several times over. It sees as many visitors as the next 3 most visited national parks combined (2022 data). It’s hard to beat free entry, frequent elk and black bear sightings, amazing fall color, hiking and waterfalls galore, and…

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How to Hike the Laurel Falls Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States, and the Laurel Falls Trail is the most popular waterfall hike in the park. This beautiful, tiered, 80ft tall waterfall is everything you want in a waterfall, but you gotta hike to see it. Don’t…

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7 Easy to Reach Waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg

Everybody loves a good waterfall! See what the Smoky Mountains in Great Smoky Mountains National Park has to offer with these 7 short and easy waterfall hiking trails near Gatlinburg. Beautiful any time of year! Best Waterfalls in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, TN All waterfall hikes on this list…

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