Newfound Gap Road
The only road over the mountains, across state lines at 5,046 feet, where FDR dedicated the park in 1940.
- Open
- Open all year, weather permitting
- Price
- Free entry; parking tag needed
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 37738Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- US 441, between Gatlinburg and Cherokee.
Why Go
It runs 33 miles from Gatlinburg to Cherokee, climbing through forests as varied as those from Georgia to Maine. Morton Overlook gets the sunset, and the Appalachian Trail crosses at the top.
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