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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers a total of 522,419 acres (816.280 sq mi; 211,415 ha; 2,114.15 km 2) The park is roughly evenly divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is located within portions of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties in Tennessee, and Swain and Haywood Counties in North Carolina. [12]
Tennessee has 59 designated state parks, operated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The largest park, Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail, is made up of land along the Cumberland Trail, stretching from Cumberland Gap at the Virginia state line to Prentice Cooper State Forest in Marion County, just northwest of Chattanooga. [1]
The Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range. The park was established in 1934 and, with over 11 million visits per year, is the most visited national park in the United States. [1] The Smokies are part of an International Biosphere Reserve.
7 National Parks. 8 National Parkways and Scenic Trails. ... Below are the Federal lands in the United States state of Tennessee. National Historic Sites
Pages in category "National parks in Tennessee" ... Great Smoky Mountains National Park This page was last edited on 7 December 2017, at 11:38 (UTC). ...
National parks in Tennessee (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "National Park Service areas in Tennessee" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.