Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This year's celebration will also include a welcoming luncheon and salute to Theodore Roosevelt in honor of his role in founding the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is celebrating its 76th anniversary this year.

The Daily Times News Headlines 2010

Location: Sevierville, Tenn., (pop. 16,846; median family income $37,972) is minutes from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the only major national park that is free to enter.

Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

And the walk out to Charlies Bunion is a four-mile stroll through a portion of the early history of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is this year celebrating its 75th anniversary.

CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News 2009

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Crews on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two workers from the rubble of a wastewater-treatment plant wall that collapsed earlier in the day, while officials continued to investigate what caused the breach that released sewage into a rain-swollen river at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tennessee Sewage Plant Spill: 2 Bodies Found After Gatlinburg Wastewater-Treatment Plant Incident The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is wreathed in perpetual haze and home to a thousand or more black bears.

Take a Road Trip 2011

That hasn't just improved the view from downtown L.A. and Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- it's saved tens of thousands of lives every single year and trillions of dollars.

Michael Brune: EPA: Three Letters to Be Thankful for Michael Brune 2010

That hasn't just improved the view from downtown L.A. and Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- it's saved tens of thousands of lives every single year and trillions of dollars.

Michael Brune: EPA: Three Letters to Be Thankful for Michael Brune 2010

That hasn't just improved the view from downtown L.A. and Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- it's saved tens of thousands of lives every single year and trillions of dollars.

Michael Brune: EPA: Three Letters to Be Thankful for Michael Brune 2010

It is joined by the National Mall and Memorial Parks, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the only list-maker outside a major city.

America's Top Tourist Attractions 2010

Since completing my doctoral work, I have had the opportunity of conducting related research projects on streams, lakes, and watersheds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, the coastal mountains of Maine, and several national parks including Sequoia National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Contributor: Stephen C. Nodvin 2010