Saved in this browser, on this device. Shared across the nine languages.
Loading your Great Smoky Mountains…
From the Great Smoky Mountains World / Travel essentials
Visitor Information and Safety
Sugarlands and Oconaluftee are useful orientation points on opposite sides of the park. Before heading farther in, plan for limited services and give bears, streams, and waterfalls space.
Why go
Sugarlands near Gatlinburg and Oconaluftee near Cherokee can help you choose a trail or road for the day's conditions. Once away from those entry areas, the park is a mountain landscape: bears may enter developed areas, streams can stay cold, and slick rock around waterfalls can be dangerous. A little preparation changes both comfort and safety.
Useful to know
Get current trail and road advice at Sugarlands or Oconaluftee before a longer outing.
Fuel up in a surrounding town before driving deep into the park.
Keep food secured, stay back from wildlife, and avoid climbing on waterfall rocks.
Photo gallery 2
Original World content and translations, shown as supplied. Practical information may need updating.
Great Smoky Mountains / Tours & Travel
My day 00
Collect a few stops, adjust the time and put them in an order that works for you.
Saved in this browser, on this device. Shared across the nine languages.
Great Smoky Mountains, in sync.
My plans changed
Tell this moment what changed above. I will offer a new draft of My day, keeping what fits in order.
The ambassador programme is being shaped with guides and creators. For now, explore the original World and tell us what Great Smoky Mountains needs next.
