Record #:

13884

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

The largest land mass in the eastern United States, the Great Smoky Mountains encompass 500,000 acres and rise to an elevation of 6,642 feet. Containing 16 peaks exceeding 6,000 feet, the Great Smoky Mountains are mostly contained within a National Park that borders North Carolina and Tennessee.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 52, May 1953, p24-26, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)