Cosa c'è in programma a Parco nazionale delle Great Smoky Mountains (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Regola

  Parking tag required

  1 gen – 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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter road closures (1 dic – 31 mar)

Tranquillo — uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter road closures (1 dic – 31 mar)

Affollato — Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Natura

  Spring wildflowers

  25 mar – 10 mag · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter road closures (1 dic – 31 mar)

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Spring wildflowers (25 mar – 10 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Memorial Day weekend

• Regola

  Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays

  6 mag – 30 set · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Synchronous fireflies

  18 mag – 12 giu · di solitoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 magFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Spring wildflowers (25 mar – 10 mag (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Peak summer season, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Stagione

  Peak summer season

  10 giu – 15 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mag – 30 set (di solito)), Synchronous fireflies (18 mag – 12 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Peak summer season, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mag – 30 set (di solito)), Peak summer season (10 giu – 15 ago)

Folla al massimo — Peak summer season, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festività

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 setFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mag – 30 set (di solito)), Peak summer season (10 giu – 15 ago)

Folla al massimo — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mag – 30 set (di solito)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 set)

Affollato — Fall colour

• Natura

  Fall colour

  1 ott – 5 nov · di solitoFoliage autunnaleAffollato

  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.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — Fall colour, Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic), Fall colour (1 ott – 5 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Chiusura

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Parking tag required (1 gen – 31 dic)