Hva som skjer i Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Smoky Mountains), United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Regel

  Parking tag required

  1. jan – 31. des

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter road closures (1. des – 31. mar)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Winter road closures (1. des – 31. mar)

Travelt — Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Spring wildflowers

  25. mar – 10. mai · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Winter road closures (1. des – 31. mar)

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Spring wildflowers (25. mar – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Regel

  Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays

  6. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Synchronous fireflies

  18. mai – 12. jun · vanligvisBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Spring wildflowers (25. mar – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Peak summer season, Summer break i United States

• Sesong

  Peak summer season

  10. jun – 15. augSkoleferieMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Synchronous fireflies (18. mai – 12. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Peak summer season, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Peak summer season (10. jun – 15. aug)

Toppsesong — Peak summer season, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Peak summer season (10. jun – 15. aug)

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Travelt — Fall colour

• Natur

  Fall colour

  1. okt – 5. nov · vanligvisHøstfargerMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Fall colour, Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des), Fall colour (1. okt – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Stengt

  Winter road closures

  1. des – 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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Parking tag required (1. jan – 31. des)