This Epic Mountain Range In Tennessee Will Drop Your Jaw
Tennessee. Land of the Volunteers, Ol’ Rocky Top, homeland to country music, great biscuits and Nashvegas. You’ve heard of it, but have you really taken the time to know it? For many, it’s easy to get lost in the grandeur of Nashville and Memphis, thanks to their heroic nods to American history. It’s in the east, however, that true beauty lies.
Do you know what the #1 most visited national park is? The place that almost DOUBLES the visitorship of the Grand Canyon on a yearly basis?
Curious where you can find these beautiful colors? Where you can watch a Tennessee summer bleed into fall?
You guessed it - the Great Smoky Mountains.
It was established in 1934, and is the largest national park east of the Rocky Mountains.
A whole seventy miles of the Appalachian Trail runs through the Smokies.
Have you heard of "The Road to Nowhere?" It's here.
Five million dollars was donated by John D. Rockefeller to go toward the creation of the park.
Thousands of hikers make their way to the mountains annually for scads of hiking trails for every skill level.
Shared by North Carolina AND Tennessee, you may find yourself shattering a few state lines.
They were formed roughly 200 to 300 million years ago, which counts out as one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world.
This? This could be you.
You thought you knew Tennessee, didn’t ya? Well, we still have a few tricks up our grizzled old sleeves. Leave us YOUR favorite Smoky Mountain memories in the comments below!
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