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The Great Smoky Mountains are a chain of mountains that rise along the border of Tennessee, North Carolina in the southeastern United States. They are among the oldest mountains in the world, trained may be 200-300 million years. The Smokies are part of the wider range of the Appalachian Mountains and are part of the Blue Ridge physiographic province. The distance is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the Smokey Mountains, and the name is often reduced to the Smokies. The Great Smokies are known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range. The park was created in 1934 and with over nine million visitors a year, is the most popular national parks of the United States.

The name "Smoky" is the natural haze that often weighs on the beach looks great plumes of smoke from afar. This fog is most common in the morning and after rain is the result of warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico off at elevations high in the Southern Appalachians.

The Great Smoky Mountains are home to Clingman Dome, which rises to an altitude of 6643 feet. The mountain is the highest in Tennessee and the third in the Appalachian Mountains. Biological diversity is the hallmark of Smoky Mountains, enjoying a great diversity of flora and fauna of life. This diversity is mainly due to the presence of multiple forest types.

Whatever the season, visitors to the Smoky Mountains experience never bored. River Rafting, the pipe is completely silent or Whitewater, is common throughout the summer. Alpine skiing is also popular in winter, even for a short time in places like Cataloochee and Ober Gatlinburg.

The Great Smoky Mountains are a place of diverse and wonderful inspiration in which to enjoy your next vacation.

Baskins Creek Vacation Rentals (http://baskinscreek.com) provides some of the most accommodating Smoky Mountain cabin rentals just minutes from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Billings Farnsworth is a freelance writer.

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