The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, straddling the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. The Smokies are America’s most visited national park, and they are renowned worldwide for their diversity of plant and animal life, scenic beauty, and quality of remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture. The park covers 522, 419 acres and has 850 miles of hiking trails, including 70 miles of the Appalachian Trail. For more information, visit http://www.nps.gov/grsm.