Mountain vistas in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

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Panoramic views of the mountains are plentiful in the Great Smokies Mountain National Park in Western North Carolina. Biological diversity is the hallmark of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which encompasses over 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The park is the largest federally protected upland landmass east of the Mississippi River. Dominated by plant-covered, gently contoured mountains, the crest of the Great Smokies forms the boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina, bisecting the park from northeast to southwest in an unbroken chain that rises more than 5,000 feet for over 36 miles. Elevations in the park range from 875 to 6,643 feet.

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Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, western North Carolina, US
Photo credit: © Diana Jarvis Godwin / Alamy / Afripics
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