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Get the Great Smoky Mountains National Park local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The Great Smokies is the most visited national park in the country, with 12.9 million visitors in 2022. It covers a half-million acres of rugged, heavily forested terrain on the Western North ...
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 (6 and 7 °C) with highs and between 3 and 6 °F (2 and 3 °C) with lows.
The major road through the Smokies will temporarily close at 2 p.m. Nov. 21 while a winter weather advisory is in effect from 4 p.m. Nov. 21 until 10 a.m. Nov. 22, according to Great Smoky ...
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.
The Great Smoky Mountains was the first national park having land and other costs paid in part with federal funds; previous parks were funded wholly with state money or private funds. [9] The park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1988. [10]
Newfound Gap Road is temporarily closed April 3, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The major road through the Smokies is temporarily closed because of forecasted winter weather ...
Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee. At 6,593 ft (2,010 m) it is the third highest peak in the national park, behind Kuwohi (6,643 ft (2,025 m)) and Mount Guyot (6,621 ft (2,018 m)). It is also the highest peak that is completely within Tennessee.