Lonely Planet Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2

Lonely Planet Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2

Lonely Planet Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2

Lonely Planet Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2

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Overview

Lonely Planet’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike Mt LeConte, explore Cataloochee, and raft on Pigeon river; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Great Smoky Mountains and begin your journey now!

 

Inside the Lonely Planet’s Great Smoky Mountains National ParkTravel Guide: 

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak

User-friendly highlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices, emergency information, park seasonality, hiking trail junctions, viewpoints, landscapes, elevations, distances, difficulty levels, and durations

Focused on the best – hikes, drives, and cycling tours

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, camping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, summer and winter activities, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Contextual insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, geology, wildlife, and conservation

Over40 full-color trail and park maps and full-color images throughout 

Useful features - Travel with Children, Clothing and Equipment, and Day and Overnight Hikes

Covers Great Smoky Mountains National Park and around, East Tennessee, North Carolina Mountains, Atlanta, North Georgia


The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet’s Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, our most comprehensive guide to this US national park, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less traveled. 

 

Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s USA for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.

 

Looking to visit more North American national parks? Check out USA's National Parks, a new full-color guide that covers all 59 of the USA's national parks.

 

Just looking for inspiration? Check out Lonely Planet’s National Parks of America, a beautifully illustrated introduction to each of the USA's 59 national parks.

 

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 

 

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788680943
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Publication date: 03/16/2021
Series: National Parks Guide Series
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 665,451
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.




'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' — New York Times




'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' — Fairfax Media (Australia)

Table of Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 4

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Map 6

Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Top 10 8

Need to Know 14

What's New 16

If You Like 17

Month by Month 19

Itineraries 22

Outdoor Activities 26

Travel with Children 32

On the Road

Great Smoky Mountains National Park 38

Day Hikes 39

Newfound Gap Road 39

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Greenbrier & Around Cosby 50

Cades Cove 52

Cataloochee Valley 56

Additional Hikes 58

Overnight Hikes 59

Newfound Gap Road 60

Around Cosby 62

Fontana Dam & Western North Carolina 63

Sights & Activities 65

Newfound Gap Road 65

Cades Cove & Foothills Parkway 68

Cataloochee Valley 70

Fontana Dam & Western North Carolina 71

Courses 72

Sleeping 72

Newfound Gap Road 73

Cosby & Big Creek 73

Cades Cove, Abrams Creek & Foothills Parkway 76

Cataloochee Valley & Balsam Mountain 76

Fontana Dam & Western North Carolina 76

Eating 77

East Tennessee 79

Knoxville 82

Pigeon Forge 88

Gatlinburg 92

Chattanooga 97

Cherokee

National Forest 104

North Carolina Mountains 109

High Country 112

Blowing Rock 112

Boone 115

Asheville 117

Western North Carolina 127

Cherokee 127

Bryson City 129

Pisgah National Forest 130

Brevard 131

Nantahala National Forest 133

Atlanta & North Georgia 134

Atlanta 135

North Georgia 154

Athens 154

Dahlonega 159

Amicalola Falls State Park 161

Blue Ridge 162

Helen 164

Clayton 168

Tallulah Gorge State Park 169

Understand

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Toady 174

History 176

Wildlife 185

People of the Smoky Mountains 190

Forests of the Smoky Mountains 194

Survival Guide

Clothing & Equipment 198

Directory A-Z 202

Transportation 208

Health & Safety 211

Index 217

Map Legend 223

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