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Plan Your 2020 Family Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains!

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With over 500,000 acres of land, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an expansive, gorgeous destination for your next family vacation! In fact, the Smokies are the most visited national park in the country. With free admission and no gates or closing hours, you can feel free to visit any time that works well with your travel plans. As the best tour of the Great Smoky Mountain s, Cades Cove Heritage Tours has the inside scoop on the top locations and attractions in the park as well as tips on how to plan your trip. Read on to learn more! Top Destinations in the Park With so much area to cover, it can be difficult to know where to start planning your family trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. Not to worry! We have some of the top destinations ranked for you, directly from the National Park Service. The top four locations to visit within the park are Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Clingman's Dome, and Roaring Fork. Cades Cove is the most popular destination in the Great Smo...

Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center

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If you’re visiting the area and looking for something exciting and educational to do with the family, a tour of the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center is a must-stop destination for any trip to the Smoky Mountains . Opening to the public in 2006 the Heritage Center has been growing ever since and is dedicated to preserving the rich history of the Great Smoky Mountains. In this week’s blog, we would like to tell you all about the Heritage Center and how together we celebrate the cultural heritage of the Great Smoky Mountains ! Mission The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center preserves, interprets and shares the history and culture of the diverse peoples and Native Americans who have inhabited the Southern Appalachians, including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It offers exhibitions and programs for educational and cultural enrichment. Museum The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is first and foremost a museum; a museum whose mission is to preserve, protect and ...