Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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International Biosphere Reserve UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a vast, biodiverse preserve in the Appalachian Mountains renowned for its mist-covered peaks, rich wildlife, and status as one of the most visited national parks in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Smoky Mountains 4
Smoky Mountains tourist area 2
Great Smoky Mountains National Park area 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf International Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
annualVisitorsRank one of the most visited national parks in the United States ⓘ
area approximately 2,114 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 522,427 acres ⓘ
biosphereReserveDesignationYear 1976 ⓘ
contains Alum Cave Trail ⓘ
Appalachian Trail ⓘ
Cades Cove ⓘ
Fontana Lake shoreline ⓘ
Great Smoky Mountains National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Smoky Mountains

Mount Le Conte ⓘ
Newfound Gap ⓘ
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail ⓘ
churches ⓘ
grist mills ⓘ
historic log cabins ⓘ
pioneer homesteads ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy U.S. Route 441 NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationYear 1934 ⓘ
established 1934 ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical at lower elevations ⓘ
oceanic / highland at higher elevations ⓘ
hasEcosystemType spruce–fir forests ⓘ
temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ
hasPlantLife old-growth forests ⓘ
wildflowers ⓘ
hasWildlife black bears ⓘ
salamanders ⓘ
white-tailed deer ⓘ
wild turkeys ⓘ
highestElevation 2,025 meters ⓘ
6,643 feet ⓘ
highestPoint Clingmans Dome ⓘ
IUCNCategory II (National Park) ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
deciduous forests ⓘ
historic Appalachian culture ⓘ
mist-covered mountains ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
namedFor natural smoky haze over the mountains ⓘ
nearestCity Cherokee, North Carolina ⓘ
Gatlinburg, Tennessee ⓘ
openedToPublic 1940 ⓘ
partOf United States National Park System ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park System
state North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
straddles Tennessee–North Carolina border ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1983 ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee → adjacentTo → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires → affectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Gatlinburg, Tennessee → borderedBy → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Cherokee National Forest → bordersProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Blue Ridge Parkway → connects → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains → contains → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park → contains → Great Smoky Mountains National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains
Eastern United States → containsNationalPark → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
North Carolina → containsNationalPark → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Tennessee → containsNationalPark → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Sevier County, Tennessee → containsPartOf → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Blount County, Tennessee → containsProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Cocke County, Tennessee → containsProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Tennessee (eastern portion) → hasMountainRange → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee (eastern portion) → hasNationalPark → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
United States National Park System → hasPart → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Sevier County, Tennessee → hasProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Clingmans Dome → highestPointOf → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Pittman Center, Tennessee, United States → isNear → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Pittman Center, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee → isNearby → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Pittman Center, Tennessee, United States → isTouristGatewayTo → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Pittman Center, Tennessee
2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires → locatedIn → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Clingmans Dome → locatedIn → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Gatlinburg, Tennessee → locatedIn → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee → locatedIn → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains region
White Oak Flats → locatedInProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Blount County, Tennessee → locatedNear → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Jefferson County, Tennessee → locatedNear → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee → locatedNear → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Sevierville, Tennessee → locatedNear → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Asheville, North Carolina → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Dollywood → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Gatlinburg Arts and Crafts Community → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Gatlinburg Space Needle → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Maryville, Tennessee → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Ober Mountain (formerly Ober Gatlinburg) → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Ober Mountain
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
The Island in Pigeon Forge → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
The Old Mill Square → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
WonderWorks Pigeon Forge → near → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee → nearbyAttraction → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Knoxville metropolitan area → nearbyProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Gatlinburg Space Needle → primaryView → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Smoky Mountains National Park area
Appalachian Mountains → protectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
WonderWorks Pigeon Forge → region → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoky Mountains tourist area
Ober Mountain (formerly Ober Gatlinburg) → regionServed → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Ober Mountain
this entity surface form: Smoky Mountains tourist area
Gatlinburg, Tennessee → touristGatewayTo → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
Clingmans Dome → withinProtectedArea → Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ