The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Deep South

Stop 15 · Days 284–287

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

The most-visited national park in America — misty ridgelines, wildflowers and black bears, historic cabins, and the highest point in Tennessee.

Where to stay

  • A Gatlinburg cabin

    A mountain cabin at the park's doorstep.

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You gotta eat this

  • Mountain trout & Appalachian fare

    Pancakes and fresh trout in Gatlinburg.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 284Day 284 — Newfound Gap & Clingmans DomeFull day · 4h planned
  2. 285Day 285 — Cades CoveFull day · 5h planned
  3. 286Day 286 — Free DayFree day
  4. 287Day 287 — North to KentuckyDrive day · 3h drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Theme Parks & Attractions