Newfound Gap

In 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially dedicated the Park from this majestic site. The road, completed in 1932, straddles Tennessee and North Carolina here. Originally, Indian Gap, a point two miles west, was thought to be the lowest gap in the mountains, but Newfound Gap was discovered to be lower in elevation, thus the name.

The road heading up to Newfound Gap from the Sugarlands Visitor Center.

The Chimmey Tops are one of the first sites on the way to the top.

Naturaly I stood on the Tennesse side.

If you look close, you can see the road heading to Cherokee, NC

Beatiful.

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john@camperjohn.com

Just can't put it into words how beatiful it is here.

Now you can see why they are called the Smoky Mountains.