The "Classic" National Park Tour

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Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Bottled water
Snacks

Overview

This trip begins as we pickup at our location in Gatlinburg, TN. We travel in comfortable and eco-friendly vans to our first stop at the remains of a long-gone resort town dating back more than 100 years. We'll learn about the history of logging in the Smokies, the lives of the early Appalachian pioneers, and the founding of the national park. From here we'll travel up the mountains on one of the most scenic roads in the southeast. Along the way we'll stop at scenic overlooks for pictures, questions, and interpretation of the area. Finally we arrive at Newfound Gap and the 5,000 foot-high boarder between Tennessee and North Carolina. Here we will learn about the 2,200 mile-long Appalachian Trail and the the site where President Franklin Roosevelt gave the park dedication in 1940.

Meeting points

We'll meet you in the upper parking lot behind the Gatlinburg Welcome Center.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Elkmont Ghost Town

We'll hike along one of the mightiest rivers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as we learn about the history of the founding of the park and how the lives of loggers, CCC workers, pioneer farmers, and the earliest mountain recreational visitors intersected.

45 minutes
Newfound Gap Road

Newfound Gap Road is one of the most scenic drives in the southeast. We'll make the 13-mile long drive out of the Sugarlands Valley while we learn about the people, plants, animals, and history of the Great Smoky Mountains. Along the way we'll stop at several scenic overlooks for photos of the towering mountains and dark, shaded valleys.

1 hour 55 minutes
Newfound Gap

Deep in the mountains at a height of more than 5,000 feet we'll stand on the state line while looking down the the Sugarland Valley to our north and the Oconaluftee Valley to the south. The famous 2,200 mile-long Appalachian Trail passes through this point next to the stone stage where President Franklin Roosevelt gave the Great Smoky Mountain National Park dedication.

20 minutes

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

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Great Experience

Published on Dec, 2024

Wes was a great tour guide of the Smokey Mountains. He took us to view beautiful scenery and provided so much history about the park. This tour was well worth the money!

Fabulous experience in the Great Smokey Mountains- Made my Thanksgiving Holiday!!

Published on Dec, 2024

Our guide Philip! He was prepared, informed and really seemed to care about making sure we had a great experience.

Loved it

Published on Nov, 2024

All of the views were amazing. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. She was well prepared and had snacks available. Engaged well with my toddler. Made us feel welcome. Highly recommend.

Classic National Tour of Great Smoky Mountains

Published on Nov, 2024

This was a last minute booking and I’m so glad we took the Classic Natl. Park tour. Wes, our tour guide, was excellent. He was a great storyteller with many first hand accounts of the Great Smoky Mountains. He tried to personalize the experience for each person on the tour. Definitely recommend this tour!

Mountains. Bears and Rivers- what a tour!

Published on Nov, 2024

My husband and I decided to take this tour on recommendation of someone else’s review. We wanted to see some excellent views of the smoky mountains and possibly some animals and we did that. We saw a mama bear with her baby, we got to walk around Daisytown, which was really neat and built around the 1900s, what a beautiful replica what things used to be like. And we got to stand on the North Carolina, Tennessee border and overlook the mountains. It was a great tour and we had a wonderful tour guide. Kindle was very knowledgeable. The tour lasted about three hours and we saw quite a bit of things and learned a lot of history.

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