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🌲 WildPass

🏞️ Great Smoky Mountains National Park

National Park📍 Tennessee
Cost of access
Free entry; parking tag $5/day, $15/week, $40/yr

America's most-visited park — free to enter, 850 mi of trail.

🦉 Birdwatching⛺ Camping🎣 Fishing🥾 Hiking📷 Nature Photography
Amenities: 🅿️ Parking · 🚻 Restrooms · 🚰 Potable water (at developed areas — verify for your entry point)
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Fees and rules change — always confirm with the managing agency. Public land ≠ unlimited harvest: state licenses apply for hunting/fishing, and foraging rules vary by unit.

🧭 Keep exploring nearby

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The closest public places to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straight-line distance.

1 mi away · National Park
🏞️ Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Unknown — check official site
21 mi away · Wildlife Mgmt Area
🦆 Trotter Bluff Small Wildlife Area
Unknown — check official site
21 mi away · National Forest
🌲 Cherokee National Forest
Unknown — check official site
23 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Seven Islands State Birding Park
Unknown — check official site
24 mi away · Wildlife Mgmt Area
🦆 Henderson Island Wildlife Refuge
Unknown — check official site
27 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Burnett Creek Easement
Unknown — check official site
28 mi away · Wildlife Mgmt Area
🦆 Forks Of The River Wildlife Management Area
Unknown — check official site
29 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Meads Quarry Park
Unknown — check official site

📋 Standard rules — National Parks

The publicly posted baseline for this land type. Individual units add their own rules — the official page ↗ always controls.

  • Entrance fee or America the Beautiful pass ($80/yr) at fee parks; some require timed-entry reservations in peak season
  • Pets: paved areas and campgrounds only, 6-ft leash — almost never on trails
  • No collecting: plants, mushrooms, antlers, rocks, and artifacts are protected (limited berry-picking allowed in some parks)
  • No hunting; firearms per state law but never discharged; no drones without a permit
  • Camp only in designated sites/zones with a permit where required; food storage rules enforced in bear country