Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Also known as Great Smoky Mountains National Park (en anglais), Great Smoky Mt National Park, Great Smoky Mts National Park, GRSM, GSMNP
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
United States
Inscribed
1983
Area
209,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is about 60 km south-east of Knoxville. The nearest other World Heritage site is Mammoth Cave National Park, about 300 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Knoxville · about 655,000 peopleabout 60 km north-west
- Asheville · about 143,000 peopleabout 80 km east
- Oak Ridge · about 34,000 peopleabout 90 km north-west
- Johnson City · about 78,000 peopleabout 120 km north-east
- Greenville · about 351,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
- Kingsport · about 57,000 peopleabout 130 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United StatesNatural297 km away
United StatesCultural501 km away
United StatesCultural514 km away
United StatesNatural555 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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