Qué hay en Parque nacional de las Grandes Montañas Humeantes, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Parking tag required

  1 Ene – 31 Dic

  There is no entrance fee, but parking anywhere in the park for more than fifteen minutes needs a tag, sold by the day, week or year. Displaying it is on you, and rangers do check the popular trailheads. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter road closures (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter road closures (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

• Naturaleza

  Spring wildflowers

  25 Mar – 10 May · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Trilliums, lady's slippers and phacelia work up the mountain through April, low trails first and the high ridges weeks later. The park calls itself the wildflower national park and April is why.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter road closures (1 Dic – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring wildflowers (25 Mar – 10 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Memorial Day weekend

• Norma

  Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays

  6 May – 30 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  The eleven-mile loop closes to cars every Wednesday through the summer and belongs to walkers and cyclists instead. It is the only way to do the cove without sitting in a queue behind a bear jam. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Synchronous fireflies

  18 May – 12 Jun · normalmenteReserva pronto

  For about a fortnight in late May and early June the fireflies at Elkmont flash in unison. Access is by lottery, applications open in April, and the park announces the exact viewing dates only weeks ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring wildflowers (25 Mar – 10 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Temporada

  Peak summer season

  10 Jun – 15 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  This is the most visited national park in the country and summer is when it shows, most of it funnelled through Gatlinburg on a two-lane road. Start before seven or accept the queue at Newfound Gap.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Synchronous fireflies (18 May – 12 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Peak summer season (10 Jun – 15 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer season, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Peak summer season (10 Jun – 15 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Labor Day weekend, Summer break en Estados Unidos

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Concurrido — Fall colour

• Naturaleza

  Fall colour

  1 Oct – 5 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoñoMucha gente

  Colour starts above 1,200 metres in early October and works down to the foothills by the first week of November, so there is nearly a month of it somewhere in the park. October weekends are the busiest days of the year.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Fall colour, Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Fall colour (1 Oct – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Cierre

  Winter road closures

  1 Dic – 31 Mar

  The Kuwohi road, Clingmans Dome's, closes for the winter along with Balsam Mountain and Roaring Fork, and Newfound Gap shuts on short notice in ice. The low valleys stay open and stay empty. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Parking tag required (1 Ene – 31 Dic)