Great Smoky Mountains Vistas: A Guide, With Mountain Peak Identifications, for What to See and Do in and Around the National Park
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Product Description
Renowned Appalachian photographer and author Tim Barnwell introduces his new book, Great Smoky Mountains Vistas: A Guide, with Mountain Peak Identifications, for What to See and Do In and Around the National Park. Mr. Barnwell combines panoramic photographs from overlooks in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, aerial photographs of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, and articles on popular area attractions and activities to create this unique and comprehensive guidebook.
He identifies the mountain peaks you can see from each overlook in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including those from along Newfound Gap Road, the Foothills Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway that view the park, in Cataloochee Valley and Cades Cove, and from Clingmans Dome and Max Patch and numerous aerial vantage points, marking the mountains compass heading, distance, and elevation. Major roads, trails, rivers, lakes, and towns are also identified.
This extensive travel guide also includes comprehensive sections detailing the main attractions of the park including Newfound Gap Road, Cades Cove, Oconaluftee, Little River Road and Cataloochee Valley and hidden gems in and outside its boundaries, off the beaten path, such as the Cherohala Skyway, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Greenbrier, Max Patch, Tail of the Dragon and the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. And the book is easy to use. Just pull into any of the overlooks, open it to the corresponding pages and you’ll know what you are seeing and can read interesting facts about the area such as the history and geography, nearby points of interest, and activities.
While the mountain peak identifications are a unique component of the book, most of the articles are about activities in and around the park including camping, picnicking, fishing, hiking and waterfalls, horseback riding, bears, and nature photography, making this the ideal travel guidebook, possibly the most comprehensive available on the park and its environs. It celebrates the National Park Services 100th Anniversary in 2016 and is an invaluable companion to Mr. Barnwell’s best-selling Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas: A Comprehensive Identification Guide to What You See from the Many Overlooks, from2014.
Review
“Tim Barnwell weaves an exhaustively researched and stunning tribute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, during the centennial of the National Park Service. Not only is Barnwell a master photographer, capturing the grandeur of his beloved Smokies, his intimate knowledge of a life spent exploring the park’s peaks, backcountry, valleys and ridges, creates skillful storytelling.
Great Smoky Mountains Vistas is the perfect companion to Barnwell’s
Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas and a must-have for anyone yearning to learn more about this endlessly fascinating national park.”–Karen Chavez, Outdoors Writer, Asheville Citizen-Times
“I wish this book had been available to me when I first came to the park. It would have been in my library as it consolidates so many useful facts and interesting stories all in one place. This book will provide you with a detailed description of the park’s many outstanding features. It is a great geographical reference for the entire park and is a fantastic guide-whether you are visiting the park for the first time or have come to the Smokies many times. It is a beautiful illustration of what the Smokies has to offer and willcertainly enhance your experience while visiting there.”
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–Phil Francis, Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway (2005-2013) and Deputy Superintendent, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1994-2005)
From the Back Cover
* Identifies mountain peaks from overlooks in and around the Great Smoky Mountains, including those along Newfound Gap Road, Foothills Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway, in Cataloochee Valley and Cades Cove, and from Clingmans Dome and Max Patch
* Describes the many attractions and activities in and aro
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