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Missing Link SMOKIESThe official newspaper of Great SmokyGUIDE Mountains National Park • Fall 2018 In this issue Smokies trip planner • 2 Great sights to see • 4 National Park news • 5 Why we like lichens • 6 The park’s aged sycamores • 7 Summer driving tours map • 8 Foothills Parkway opens • 10 Ranger programs • 11 How to help the Smokies • 14 Park etiquette • 15 Visitor information • 16 Although the Foothills Parkway exists outside park boundaries, it is managed by the NPS just like lands inside the park. GSMA image The Foothills Parkway’s ‘Missing Link’ Found FOOTHILLS PARKWAY Final 15-mile section from Walland to Wears Valley is slated to open later this year TIMELINE R t a s i n l 1939: Proposal for Foothills Parkway g a e i ark visitors can soon drive from erous segment was halted due to erosion r c gains National Park Service support C e e p Wears Valley to Walland on a scenic and retaining wall failures. Work didn’t d S P r n ic io 1944: Parkway authorized by Congress T at byway nearly three quarters of a century resume until the late 1990s when a new, alle rm y, Visual Info in the making. The Foothills Parkway, highly ambitious plan was hatched to 1947: State of Tennessee begins whose construction has been subject to complete the span not with a standard acquiring lands for parkway Words with a Ranger starts and stops since it was first commis- roadway, but with a series of cantilevered 1966: Cosby to I-40 section opens Not all park rangers do exactly the sioned, will become substantially longer concrete bridges that minimize envi- 1968: Chilhowee Lake to Walland same job. Although my duties overlap with the finalization of the Missing Link. ronmental damage and offer unfettered section opens somewhat with those typically asso- Gorgeous views were a priority when views of the Smokies’ highest peaks. 1979: State donates land to NPS ciated with a park ranger—such as the Foothills Parkway was conceived in When the 15-mile Walland to Wears 1939. Because mountains usually look Valley section opens later this year, it 1989: Construction on Wears Valley leading programs for kids or perform- section halted ing search and rescues—my job as better from a distance, the parkway was will connect with the 17-mile segment Environmental Assessment visual information specialist is mostly routed outside the park, through the between U.S. Highway 129 at Chilhowee 1996: 2,000-3,000-foot-high foothills that Lake and U.S. Highway 321 in Walland completed and series of bridges and behind the scenes. cut-fills solve Missing Link I started with the National Park front the Great Smoky Mountains like that was opened in 1968. The result will Final 15-mile section between Service in August 2010. I worked at bleachers. Early parkway proponents also be 32 miles of continuous parkway— 2017: Walland and Wears Valley paved Chattahoochee River National Recre- foresaw alternate routes relieving conges- without billboards, utility poles, or ation Area in Atlanta, Georgia, before tion on the park’s busy main roads. commercial traffic—offering stunning Late 2018: Walland to Wears Valley section slated to open to public joining the staff at Great Smoky... The Missing Link became infamous views of the Great Smoky Mountains Words with a Ranger continued on page 5 in 1989 when construction of the treach- and the Tennessee Valley. SMOKIES TRIP PLANNER Maps and guides: SmokiesInformation.org Additional information: nps.gov/grsm Camping in the national park Call 877.444.6777 or contact recreation. Certified wood may be purchased in • Sevierville 888.766.5948 or The National Park Service maintains gov. Group sites may be reserved up to a and around the park. visitsevierville.com developed campgrounds at nine loca- year in advance. • Townsend 800.525.6834 or tions in the park. Only Cades Cove and The list below shows number of Bicycling smokymountains.org Smokemont are open in winter. There campground sites, elevations, camping Most park roads are too narrow and are no showers or hookups other than fees and maximum RV lengths. heavily traveled by automobiles for safe Pets in the park circuits for special medical uses at Cades For current dates of operation, visit or enjoyable bicycling. However, Cades Pets are allowed in front-country camp- Cove, Elkmont and Smokemont. nps.gov/grsm. Cove Loop Road is an exception. This grounds and beside roads as long as they Campsites at Abrams Creek, Balsam • Abrams Creek 16 sites, elev. 1,125', 11-mile, one-way, paved road provides are restrained at all times. Pets are not Mountain, Big Creek, Cades Cove, opens April 27, $17.50, 12' trailers bicyclists with excellent opportunities allowed on park trails, except for the Cataloochee, Elkmont and Smokemont • Balsam Mountain 42 sites, elev. 5,310', for wildlife viewing and touring Gatlinburg and Oconaluftee River trails. may be reserved. For reservations call opens May 18, $17.50, 30' RVs historic homesites. Dogs on these trails must be leashed. 877.444.6777 or contact recreation.gov. • Big Creek 12 sites, elev. 1,700', opens From May 9 to Sept. 26, on Sites may be reserved up to 6 months March 30, $17.50, tents only Wednesday and Saturday mornings from Special events in advance. Reservations are required at • Cades Cove 159 sites, elev. 1,807', sunrise until 10 a.m., only bicycles and September 15 Mountain Life Festival: Abrams Creek, Balsam Mountain, Big open year-round, $21-$25, 35'-40' RVs pedestrians are allowed on Cades Cove Mountain Farm Museum Creek and Cataloochee campgrounds. • Cataloochee 27 sites, elev. 2,610', Loop Road. Bicycles may be rented at December 8 Festival of Christmas Past: Site occupancy is limited to 6 people opens March 23, $25, 31' RVs the Cades Cove Campground store. Sugarlands Visitor Center and two vehicles (a trailer = 1 vehicle). • Cosby 157 sites, elev. 2,459', opens Helmets are required by law for December 15 Holiday Homecoming: The maximum stay is 14 days. March 23, $17.50, 25' RVs persons age 16 and under. However, Oconaluftee Visitor Center Special camping sites for large groups • Deep Creek 92 sites, elev. 1,800', helmets are strongly recommended for are available seasonally at Big Creek, opens March 30, $21, 26' RVs all bicyclists. For rent Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Cosby, Deep • Elkmont 220 sites, elev. 2,150', opens Bicycles are permitted on park roads The Appalachian Clubhouse and Spence Creek, Elkmont and Smokemont. March 9, $21-$27, 32'-35' RVs but prohibited on trails except Gatlin- Cabin at Elkmont can be rented for Group sites must be reserved. • Smokemont 142 sites, elev. 2,198', burg, Oconaluftee River and lower daytime events. Contact recreation.gov. open year-round, Deep Creek/Indian Creek. $21-$25, 35'-40' Visitor centers RVs. Accommodations Fall hours of operation are: Oconaluftee • Look Rock closed • LeConte Lodge (accessible by trail and Sugarlands: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Cades in 2018 only) provides the only lodging in the Cove: 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Clingmans To prevent the park. 865.429.5704 or lecontelodge.com Dome 10 a.m.-6 p.m. spread of destruc- For information on lodging outside tive insect pests, the park: Picnic areas the NPS has • Bryson City 800.867.9246 or Picnic areas have a table and raised grill banned outside greatsmokies.com for cooking (charcoal fires only). Please firewood from • Cherokee 828.788.0034 or see the map on page 16 for locations. entering the park cherokeesmokies.com Picnic pavilions may be reserved for unless it is USDA- • Fontana 800.849.2258 or $12.50-$80 at recreation.gov. or state-certified fontanavillage.com heat-treated wood. • Gatlinburg 800.588.1817 or Other services Campers may gatlinburg.com There are no gas stations, showers, or gather dead and • Maggie Valley 800.624.4431 or restaurants in the national park. down wood in the maggievalley.org Campsites book up fast in the fall! Make sure you plan ahead at park for campfires. • Pigeon Forge 800.251.9100 or © 2018 Great Smoky Mountains Association recreation.gov. Image by Bill Lea mypigeonforge.com P.O. Box 130 • Gatlinburg, TN 37738 SMOKIES GUIDE E Printed on recycled paper Smokies Guide is produced five times per SUMMER: June 1 Editor Lead Designer Editorial Board Lisa Nagurny Stephanie Sutton Contributing year by Great Smoky Mountains Association LATE SUMMER: Frances Figart Karen Key Lynda Doucette Becky Nichols Cedric Talley Designers and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. mid-August Contributing Writer NPS Coordinator Brad Free Laurel Rematore Florie Takaki Lisa Horstman Publication dates are roughly as follows: AUTUMN: Sept. 15 Steve Kemp Nigel Fields Kristine Johnson Susan Sachs Joey Heath SPRING: March 15 WINTER: Dec. 1 Lloyd Luketin Paul Super Emma DuFort Smokies Guide Fall 2018 • 2 a sunny day in the Fishing Fall hikers should be especially 70s °F is followed Fishing is permitted year-round in aware of abrupt weather changes by a wet, bitterly the park, and a Tennessee or North and the danger of hypothermia—the cold one. By mid- Carolina fishing license is required. lowering of body temperature. The to late April, the Either state license is valid throughout combination of rain, cold and wind weather is milder. the park and no trout stamp is required. (especially at the higher elevations) is • Summer - By Fishing with bait is prohibited in extremely dangerous. mid-June, heat, the park. A special permit is required To prevent hypothermia, carry reli- haze and humidity for the Cherokee Reservation and able rain gear at all times. Layer clothing are the norm. Gatlinburg. Licenses are available in that provides warmth when wet (not Most precipitation nearby towns.
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