Wednesday, February 24, 2016

North Carolina - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the ridge line of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between Tennessee and North Carolina runs northeast to southwest through the center line of the park. It is the most visited national park in the United States. On its route from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail also passes through the center of the park. The park was chartered by the United States Congress in 1934 and officially dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. 


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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country with the largest number of tourists across the country Park. Located in the eastern United States, across Tennessee and North Carolina. Nearly ten million people visit each year, more than the second number of Grand Canyon National Park visitors, more than a third of Yosemite National Park, as well as more than a fourth of Yellowstone National Park.




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Great Smoky Mountains national park, originated in the southeast of the warm air of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Appalachian Mountains rise in the process, the formation of the fog. That fog, let the distance rugged mountains covered with a layer of mysterious veil, tandem hill shade, reflected in front of the colorful autumn leaves like fairyland general beautiful!



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Great Smoky Mountains National Park altitude from 875 feet to 6,643 feet height. High altitude leaves began to change color in the mid of September, followed by low altitude woodlot. According to the previous record, and yellow leaves the country park peak around the end of October. But we went to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the spring, but still beautiful.



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Perhaps the autumn scenery, its administrative levels feeling really is very rich, there are red, yellow, orange, brown, and some green. Great Smoky Mountains national park, although autumn leaves in October, but it is difficult to determine the exact date, because of yellow leaves will begin from the highest place first, and then die, then slowly spread down. It was so wonderful mountain scenery.




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Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We have to walk 0.5mi uphill, to reach the Clingmans Dome Observatory Tower.





 

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Cades Cove

Cades Cove is a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains and is one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smokes. It offers some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing in the park. Large numbers of white-tailed deer are frequently seen, and sightings of black bear, coyote, ground hog, turkey, raccoon, skunk, and other animals are also possible.


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Cades Cove is also where the former frontier immigrants live. Years after the establishment of national parks, mountain village resident’s move out of the home, leaving the old houses, farmhouses and churches, then let visitors experience the pioneers and mountain farmer’s simple lifestyle.






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Traffic guide: American domestic airline ticket can give you a discount, if buy tickets 21 days in advance, can enjoy the biggest discounts, followed by 14 days ago and 23 days ago, buy the ticket of today is the most expensive. Look at the local newspaper about travel on Sunday can be found to have discounted tickets for sale. Some airlines ticket prices low, need to check the update message.