3 Historic Places in the Smokies To Visit This Fall
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Fall is an excellent time to experience the Smokies. This October, take advantage of the opportunities given to you to nap, soak, dine, sip, and explore our area with an enchanting colorful display from the fall leaves. The Smoky Mountains are rippled with acres of picturesque scenery, historic buildings, and routinely maintained hiking trails. Great Smoky Mountains National Park leaves a lasting impression that will stay with you for a lifetime. Be sure to add these 3 historic places in the Smokies to your ever-growing list of things to do and places to see while you’re in town!
Newfound Gap
Newfound Gap is a 33-mile winding road that twists and turns throughout the Smokies reaching the highest elevations accessible by car or motorcycle. With every turn, you are presented with majestic views and multiple scenic overlooks and trailheads. Newfound Gap is known as “the loop” and is the lowest drivable pass with trailing “blue smoke”. Newfound Gap is where President Franklin D. Roosevelt stood to address the dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You will find a commemorative plaque for the Rockefeller Memorial and more at mile marker 14.7 on Newfound Gap Road.
Little Greenbrier School
Add Little Greenbrier to your list of places to visit this fall and take the short, rewarding walk along the trailhead near the now popular picnic area of Metcalf Bottoms. The trail will end by being greeted by an old farmstead. The Little Greenbrier School was built in 1882 and doubled as a church fueling the minds and hearts of this small community with knowledge and scripture. Perfectly preserved since the last lesson was taught in 1936; since the last craft was donned and the last crop was harvested.
Cades Cove
We know, we know- Every few posts you may find us rambling on again and again about Cades Cove. It is magical. Cades Cove is home to historic structures where you will expect to find the original settlers waving from their front porches and working their land. To really bring Cades Cove to life, take a moment to pause at each site you come to and picture the past. Visualize the first settlers of the area sweeping their porches, tending their gardens, grinding their corn meal, walking to church service, and stewing over fires in the early 1800s.
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