Newfound Gap Road · 28 stops
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Newfound Gap Road
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
28 stops · ~22 min
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21.5 midriving route
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22 minof audio
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Full drive about 45 minutes at an easy pace, plus any stops you make.
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Stops
1
Sugarlands Visitor Center — Orientation & Safety
2
The Climb Begins — A Forest That Changes With Elevation
3
Campbell Overlook — Mount LeConte
4
Chimneys Picnic Area & the Cove Hardwood Forest
5
The Chimney Tops Story
6
Alum Cave Trailhead (Drive-By)
7
Into the Spruce-Fir Forest
8
Morton Overlook
9
The Final Climb — Switchbacks & Changing Conditions
10
Newfound Gap — Arrival at the Pass
11
The Rockefeller Memorial
12
Why It's Called 'Newfound'
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13
The Kuwohi Road Junction
14
Crossing Into North Carolina
15
Charlies Bunion Trailhead (Drive-By)
16
Charles A. Webb Overlook
17
Following the Oconaluftee
18
Wildlife on the Road — Elk
19
Approaching Smokemont
20
Smokemont — Cherokee Village & the Sacred River
21
Smokemont — From Bradleytown to a Logging Boomtown
22
Smokemont — The CCC Camp That Rebuilt This Valley
23
Smokemont Campground Today
24
Mingus Mill — Approach
25
Mingus Mill — The Turbine Story
26
Nearing Oconaluftee
27
Oconaluftee Visitor Center & the Mountain Farm Museum
28
Close — The Whole Drive
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