Blue Ridge Parkway - North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC

The national park in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee encompasses 800 square miles, 95 percent of which are forested. World-renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal resources, the beauty of its ancient mountains, the quality of its remnants of American pioneer culture, and the depth and integrity of the wilderness sanctuary within its boundaries, it is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States.