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Getting to Great Smoky Mountains

Getting to Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By Car

There are numerous road entrances to the park. The two most common lie at either end of Newfound Gap Road (US-441), at the cities of Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Cherokee, North Carolina. Exit 407 from I-40 leads to the Gatlinburg side. Additional entrances are at Deep Creek, Townsend, Big Creek, Balsam Mountain, and several others. Study the map for details.

Below you will find an interactive map showing the location of four of the most used entrances to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You can click on the map marker to get directions from wherever you are. Following this is the official park map provided by the National Park Service. You can view either the original PDF file (sometimes very large files) or a simple image file. The map links will open in a new tab. Note that while this map is useful for general navigation around the park, if you are planning to do any hiking, you should really have a proper Great Smoky Mountains Trail Map.

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Great Smoky Mountains Map JPG file
Great Smoky Mountains Map PDF file

By Air

Below you will find a list of airports most convenient for a trip to Great Smoky Mountains, listed in order of distance. For each airport we give useful links for further information on the airport, as well as flight and rental car bookings. These links already have the destination airport selected for your convenience. For price searches, simply enter your origin and dates.

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