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Great Smoky Mountains National Park will complete “annual hazard tree mitigation” along several park roads, including Newfound Gap and The Spur, during November and December. Crews will be ...
Newfound Gap Road/US 441 between Gatlinburg and Cherokee is back open after Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed roads because winter weather. Kuwohi Road (formerly Clingmans Dome Road ...
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Update (10/16 at 11:40 a.m.): Newfound Gap Road has been reopened after closing Tuesday due to the threat of snow and ice overnight, the National Park Service ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Newfound Gap Road inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closing Wednesday morning ahead of incoming winter weather, the park shared on social media.
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A main road in the Great Smoky Mountains that takes travelers between Tennessee and North Carolina is open again after it abruptly closed Saturday afternoon ...
ASHEVILLE - Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open 24 hours a day starting Oct. 8, though this main road connecting Cherokee in North Carolina to Gatlinburg ...
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, Tenn. (WATE) – Newfound Gap received nearly an entire month’s worth of snowfall within 24 hours during the winter storm on Jan. 16-17. The snow has lingered, prompting ...
Korrin Bishop Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a mountain ridge. Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park.
Newfound Gap Road is temporarily closed April 3, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The major road through the Smokies is temporarily closed because of forecasted winter weather ...
Drivers traveling through the Great Smoky Mountains can expect some delays beginning Nov. 18 as crews perform routine maintenance ahead of the winter season. Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...
After a rockslide forced its closure, Newfound Gap Road/U.S. 441 was reopened to all traffic at approximately 3:30 p.m. According to a Great Smoky Mountains National Park release, park staff and ...