Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,094 feet
- Description: American mountain range along North Carolina/Tennessee border
- Also known as: “Giukoustee Mountains”, “Great Iron Mountains”, “Great Smokey Mountains”, “Great Smokies”, “Iron Mountains”, “Shaconage”, “Smokey Mountains”, “Smokies”, “Smoky Mountains”, and “the Smokies”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Clingmans Dome.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an International Biosphere Reserve that straddles the border between Tennessee and North Carolina.
Clingmans Dome
Peak
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Kuwohi is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States. At an elevation of 6,643 feet, it is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in the state of Tennessee, and the highest point along the 2,192-mile Appalachian Trail. Clingmans Dome is situated 1½ miles south of Great Smoky Mountains.
Great Smoky Mountains
- Categories: mountain range, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Great Smoky Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Arabic: “جبال سموكي العظيمة”
- Asturian: “Grandes Montes Fumientos”
- Basque: “Great Smoky mendiak”
- Bengali: “গ্রেট স্মোকি পর্বতমালা”
- Bengali: “গ্রেট স্মোকিজ”
- Bengali: “স্মোকি পর্বতমালা”
- Bengali: “স্মোকিজ”
- Catalan: “muntanyes Great Smoky”
- Cebuano: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Cherokee: “ᎡᏆ ᏚᏧᏍᏚ ᏙᏓᎸ”
- Chinese: “大烟山”
- Chinese: “大煙山”
- Danish: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Danish: “Smoky Mountains”
- Dutch: “Great Smokey Mountains”
- Dutch: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال سموكى العظيمه”
- Esperanto: “Grandaj Fummontoj”
- French: “monts Great Smoky”
- French: “Monts Great Smoky”
- Galician: “Grandes Montañas Fumegantes”
- German: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- German: “Smoky Mountains”
- Hebrew: “הרי הסמוקי”
- Interlingua: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Italian: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Italian: “Smoky Mountains”
- Japanese: “グレート・スモーキー山脈”
- Korean: “그레이트 스모키 산맥”
- Korean: “그레이트스모키산맥”
- Ladin: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Lithuanian: “Didieji Dulsvieji kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Големи Чадливи Планини”
- Malayalam: “ഗ്രേറ്റ് സ്മോക്കി മലനിരകൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Polish: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Great Smoky”
- Russian: “Грейт-Смоки-Маунтинс (хребет)”
- Russian: “Грейт-Смоки-Маунтинс”
- Spanish: “Grandes Montañas Humeantes”
- Spanish: “Montañas Great Smoky”
- Tamil: “பெரும் புகைமலை”
- Venetian: “Great Smoky Mountains”
- Western Frisian: “Great Smoky Mountains”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Harry and Hazel Creek.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peawood Hollow and Dead Hollow.
Tennessee: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
Curious Places to Discover
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