Great Smoky Mountains

plural noun

1. a range of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee; most of the range is included in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 720 square miles (1,865 square kilometers). Highest peak, Clingman's Dome, 6,642 feet (2,024 meters).

Great Smoky Mountains

plural noun

1. the W part of the Appalachians, in W North Carolina and E Tennessee. Highest peak: Clingman's Dome, 2024 m (6642 ft)

Great Smoky Mountains

1. Part of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee .

Notes

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the crest of the Smokies. The Appalachian Trail follows the crest of the mountains.

Named after the smokelike haze that envelops them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Great Smoky Mountains¹

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

Llama rentals are less common in other regions, though there are some guided llama trips near popular national parks, such as Great Smoky Mountains.

From Outside Online

When visiting Great Smoky Mountains, it’s helpful to know you can bring pets to campgrounds, picnic areas, and along roads, but not on any dirt trails.

From Outside Online

Parton grew up in East Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, one of 12 kids.

From Washington Post

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

From The Daily Beast

For any hikers booted from the Great Smoky Mountains, why not trade in for a theme park?

From The Daily Beast

In the depths of the Great Smoky Mountains there lies a hidden lake which no human eye has ever seen.

From Project Gutenberg

Far in the distance, lifted into the sky, could be seen the great smoky mountains that marked the backbone of the Great Land.

From Project Gutenberg

The boys planned a brief tour afoot and were soon on their way among the Great Smoky Mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

These hill towns lay in the high gorges of the Great Smoky Mountains, 150 miles distant.

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The summer days climbed slowly over the Great Smoky Mountains.

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