Great Smoky Mountains National Park

American  

noun

1. a national park in SE Tennessee and SW North Carolina, including most of the Great Smoky Mountains: hardwood forest. 808 sq. mi. (2,092 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

The number of visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2025, making it the busiest park, the National Park Service reported this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Roads and campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains National Park were closed to visitors ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as hurricane-force winds swept through eastern Tennessee, park administrators said.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Another “non-essential experimental population” was later planted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but was declared a failure in 1998.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

The town is perched at the northern edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2023

The far shore of the lake marked the southern boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson