The Smoky Mountains Guidebook - the central place to provide all the information at your fingertips about the Great Smoky Mountains National park and surrounding regional area.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina and is home to a wide array of wildlife and flora. There are over 1500 black bears, 1660 kinds of plants that flower, more than 240 species of birds, 60 species of fish, and much more biodiversity that call this area of the Appalachian range home. The Smokies are also known as the salamander capital of the world with 30 known species of salamanders that have been discovered to date.

The Smokies are known by the Cherokees and Native Americans as “Shaconage” which means “Land of the blue mist.” The Smokey Mountains not only have a blue haze appearance on sunny to cloudy days, but under certain conditions the mountains appear to emit smoke which gives it the smoky and misty look.

The Smoky Mountains region gets over 10 to 11 million visitors a year which come to discover and enjoy the beautiful national park as well as to enjoy some of the area’s attractions, shopping, arts & crafts, historical sites, points of interests, dining, lodging, outdoor activities, and much more.