Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Best way to see the park is backpacking through it off the tour trails but that'll take more than a couple days and you need decent equipment. It's beautiful anyway tho

>>1288786
>going to a national park east of the continental divide
don't do it anon

>>1288887
Shut the fuck up, faggot. Acadia is the best park in the nation

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>>1288902
>least coast fags believe this
lol. acadia wouldn't even be a state park out west.

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>>1288904
Where is this?

>>1288908
rocky mountain national park

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>>1288909
specifically emerald lake, with hallett peak behind on the left.

>Going to the most visited park in the nation, on one of the busiest weekends of the year
Better head deep into those woods, and book accommodation now OP.

>>1288902
>Confirmed as having never been to Acadia
Not saying it's better than western parks, but it's impossible to shit on if you've spent any time there.

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>>1288911
>Going to the most visited park in the nation
>the most visited park in the nation
>the most visited park
>implying

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>>1288916
it's pretty common knowledge, dumbass
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
>The most-visited National Park is Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee, with over 11.3 million visitors in 2016, followed by Arizona's Grand Canyon, with nearly 6 million.

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>>1288919
>tfw going during the busiest time of year

>>1288919
TBF, I think these numbers include people just driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway. That probably adds a cool million.

>>1288786
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/cataloochee.htm

Find the less used entrance on the NC side, for fewer other people about.

>>1289036
Thanks, friend.

>>1288904

I have been to the smoky mtns like 5 times, and I have also lived in WA state. There is something about the smokies that the west coast will never have. Its like a southern type vibe mixed with native american, its amazing honestly. But there are so many disgusting tourist traps around it. Yeah the rockies are much bigger, but that doesn't make them better.

>>1288786
Bump, i'm interested too
Anybody knows about good hostels or places to stay in in that place ?

>>1289037
Anything for a fellow /trv/ler.

>>1288786
I don't no about hotels or camps, but I do know about cabins. Particularly bears. Bears will come for your trash. I saw them on my first trip to the smokey mountains.