My vacation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 2015. Includes pictures of park, Cherokee reservation, and Blue Ridge Parkway.

1. Great Smoky Mountain National Park:
2015 Summer Vacation
Summer Trip 2015

2. Smoky Mountain Park Facts
• The most visited park in the US with
approximately 10 million visitors per year
• 500,000 acres that straddle North Carolina
and Tennessee
• Bordered by Cherokee, a reservation for the
Eastern band of Cherokee Native Americans.

3. CLINGMAN’S DOME
• Elevation: 6,643
• The second highest point east of the Mississippi

4. Newfoundland Gap –
48 degrees at 8:30 am!

5. Mingo Falls – 200 ft. tall

6. Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee
An interactive, living museum

7. “Unto These Hills”
• A dramatic performance that depicts the
history of the Cherokee Indian.

8. Cherokee Street Signs
• Many of the street signs display the native
Cherokee language and English.

9. Blue Ridge Parkway

10. Hiking Along the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418

11. Now I know why they call them
“smoky” mountains. Great trip!