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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Road Closures for Winter Season

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Road Closures for Winter Season Well it’s winter in the Great Smoky Mountains and with that come road closures. The Park Service has issued the Great Smoky Mountains National Park road closures for  the winter season. The Sunday after Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 2014 Clingmans Dome Road will close to motor vehicles for the winter season the park service announced.  Also a reminder that Newfound Gap Road (US 441 through the Great Smoky Mountains between Gatlinburg and Cherokee is subject to closures due to winter weather during the winter months. Parts of US441 in the…
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Open Seasonal Roads as Spring and Warm Weather Arrive

Major roads in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park such as US-441 (Newfound Gap Road), Little River Road, and the Cades Cove Loop Road are open year round when weather permits. As warm weather and spring time arrives the park will begin to open the secondary roads normally closed in the Winter. Clingmans Dome Road will open April 1 Little Greenbrier Road will  open April 11 Buses, RVs and motorhomes are prohibited on this road. Parson Branch Road will open April 11 Rich Mountain Road will open April 11 Buses, RVs and motorhomes are prohibited on this one-way…
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Winter Hours Announced by Park Service

Now that colder weather is here in the Great Smoky Mountains the Great Smoky Mountains National Park service has announced its winter operating schedule. Although the GSMNP is open everyday and year round some secondary roads, campgrounds, and some facilities do close in the winter.  Operating hours for some visitor services will be cut back  for the winter season. The visitor centers Sugarlands in Gatlinburg, TN and Oconaluftee in Cherokee, NC will be open daily from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. through December 1.  Cades Cove Visitor Center located  near the half way point on Cades Cove Loop Road will be open daily…
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