Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina

Text & Photography By Dave Allen

Published May 26, 2015
Updated October 19, 2018

The Great Smoky Mountains are located in the heart of the southern Appalachians along the border between western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

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