Auto Tour, Great Smoky National Park
Explore Auto Tour in Great Smoky National Park with grouped stops, trails, and related park places collected under the same planning theme.
Auto Tour Stops and Trip Ideas
Use this Auto Tour guide to compare the stops that belong together in Great Smoky National Park, then decide which ones deserve map time or a saved trip stop.
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Newfound Gap Road
Logging exhibitDestruction of the forests was halted when the park was established.
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Little River/Laurel Creek
Metcalf Bottoms Picnic AreaNamed for a local family who supplied park workers with fresh spring water.
Little River/Laurel Creek
The SinksLegend has it that a lumber train once derailed and fell into the deep waters here.
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Little River/Laurel Creek
School House Gap TrailAn easy hike that's known for its spring wildflowers and an active bear population.
Cades Cove
Cades Cove AreaImagine a living-history museum like Colonial Williamsburg on a grand scale.
Cades Cove
Cades Cove Picnic Area and CampgroundJust outside the entrance to the Cades Cove Loop Road.
Cades Cove
Primitive Baptist ChurchSome church members defiantly continued to hold services here into the 1960s.
Cades Cove
Missionary Baptist ChurchThe building you see here now was a replacement that opened its doors in 1915.
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Cades Cove
Parson Branch RoadA former wagon track, it's now surfaced in gravel but otherwise seems unchanged.
Roads Less Traveled
Roaring Fork Motor Nature TrailExperience the natural beauty of the park from the comfort of your car.
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Roads Less Traveled
Foothills Parkway (East)The parkway lies outside the boundaries but is administered by the National Park Service.
Roads Less Traveled
Foothills Parkway (West)Provides access to an observation tower as well as numerous roadside vistas.
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Roads Less Traveled
Heintooga-Balsam Mountain RoadA 9-mile climb up Balsam Mountain to the Heintooga campground.
Roads Less Traveled
Cataloochee ValleyServed as a refuge for Cherokee indians trying to avoid deportation.
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Roads Less Traveled
TwentymileThe hiking trails of Twentymile are the only way to explore this roadless backcountry.
