Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Smoky Mountains), Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Parking tag required

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter road closures (1 dec – 31 mrt)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter road closures (1 dec – 31 mrt)

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Spring wildflowers

  25 mrt – 10 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter road closures (1 dec – 31 mrt)

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring wildflowers (25 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Druk — Memorial Day weekend

• Regel

  Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays

  6 mei – 30 sep · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Synchronous fireflies

  18 mei – 12 jun · meestalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring wildflowers (25 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Peak summer season

  10 jun – 15 augSchoolvakantiesDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Synchronous fireflies (18 mei – 12 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Peak summer season (10 jun – 15 aug)

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Peak summer season (10 jun – 15 aug)

Topdrukte — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Cades Cove vehicle-free Wednesdays (6 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Druk — Fall colour

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  1 okt – 5 nov · meestalHerfstkleurenDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Fall colour, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec), Fall colour (1 okt – 5 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Sluiting

  Winter road closures

  1 dec – 31 mrt

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Parking tag required (1 jan – 31 dec)