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This was taken sometime in the 1940s when family and friends visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My mom is in the white blouse, beside her is a neighbor, Ruth Neal Cavin, and my aunt Emma is peeking around Ruth. Check out those cars!!!
Spending my spring break volunteering in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park and enjoying every bit of it. When we came upon this viewing station, my eyes laid upon one of the most beautiful views I've ever seen. Newfound Gap (5,046' up), NC, USA
Newfound gap is right on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. There is a large wayside there and lots of people. The Appalachian trail goes through the gap as well. Here's what the National Park website has to say about Newfound Gap: "In southern Appalachian vernacular, a gap is a low point in a mountain ridge. New Englanders call such places “notches” while westerners refer to them as mountain “passes.” At an elevation of 5,046 feet, Newfound Gap is the lowest drivable pass through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park."
Newfound Gap (el. 5048 ft./1539 m.) is a mountain pass located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States of America. Situated along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the state line crosses the gap, as does Newfound Gap Road (which becomes U.S. Highway 441 at the park boundaries near Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Cherokee, North Carolina). The Appalachian Trail also traverses the gap, as do a small number of other hiking trails.
Newfound Gap is also home to the Rockefeller Memorial, a popular destination within the national park and the site from where former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally dedicated the park on September 2, 1940.
According to the National Weather Service, Newfound Gap has around 19 snowy days per year, comparable to 18 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1991 to 2005, annual snowfall ranged from 43.5 inches (110 cm) to 106 inches (270 cm).
With the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park came the construction of a newer, more modern highway from Tennessee to North Carolina, completed in 1932 – this time crossing Newfound Gap, replacing the now-defunct Indian Gap Road. North of the park, it is now known as Great Smoky Mountains Parkway. The Gatlinburg Bypass, originally intended to be a part of the Foothills Parkway, extends out from the park to connect Newfound Gap Road south of town to the parkway north of town.
Despite its heavy winter snows, the pass is kept open all year, except during and just after winter storms. When closed, the snow route is a long detour around the east-northeast end of the park, using U.S. 321 and Interstate 40. The Tennessee side typically has heavier snow because of its north and northwestern exposure. Even when valley roads are clear and there is little snow in Gatlinburg (and almost none in Cherokee), Newfound Gap may have far deeper snow, and will be closed for several hours after significant snowfall ends. Additionally, being in a national park, Newfound Gap Road is only treated by snowplows and a gravel/sand mix, as no chemicals can be used for snow removal due to their harm to the environment.
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Rt 441 is the main artery through the Great Smoky Mountain Park and is bumper to bumper traffic year round. In October, it can be sheer madness and I'm constantly amazed that there are not more accidents.
I had to literally stand here for 9-10 minutes to get an hdr shot with no vehicles :-D Best color of the entire trip was right here though.
Had grand plans to process a bunch of shots tonight but I'm coming down with some kind of bug and have zero energy.... post vacation flu maybe?