Smokies Trip Planner

With over 500,000 acres some may say its tough to find a favorite spot in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So we narrowed it down for you.

Favorite destinations in the park

• Cades Cove
• Cataloochee
• Clingmans Dome
• Roaring Fork
• and others

Popular activities such as

• auto touring
• bicycling
• family campgrounds
• fishing
• hiking and backpacking
• picnicking
• waterfall walks
• wildlife watching
• and more

General information including

• weather and climate
• lodging and camping
• park map
• This general information can be found at both visitor Centers. Sugarlands Visitor Center, Gatlinburg, TN and Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee, NC.

NW quadrant map (527 kb file)
NE quadrant map (632 kb file)
SW quadrant map (537 kb file)
SE quadrant map (551 kb file)

 

Smokies Guide Newspaper

Don't want to wait until you get here to read the park newspaper? View an online version of the Smokies Guide now!

• Summer 2019 edition
• Summer 2018 edition
• Winter 2017 edition
• Fall 2017 edition