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such a beautiful area, it's a shame it's so touristy and crowded though..

That can’t be right now, right?

Seems too green.

Beautiful park.

Go for a hike to a lesser known peak. Even in the high season you can find plenty of isolation.

They also close the Cades cove loop to cars twice a week during the summer, for only bikes and peds, but you have to get up early. In fact, a lot of overcrowded issues can be solved simply by waking up early. :)

It was on Monday! Most of the park doesn’t have leaves right now, this was up on the Clingmans Dome observation tower and there were still some green up there!

Amazing!

Tennessee has so many beautiful parks and places that I just stay out of the Smokies. It's beautiful but always too crowded.

If you like hiking, Mt LeConte and Charlie’s Bunion both had decent viewpoints with less crowds. If you’re up for a challenge, visit Clingman’s Dome when the road is closed. Little to no people are there. If you are a fast hiker, you can probably hike it in one long at from Newfound Gap. Otherwise it’s 2 days (or 3 if you like from the bottom of the mountain like I did).

Also, Clingman’s Dome is best at sunrise/sunset, and in fall, although because of that, that’s when it’s most crowded :(.

The park has a health mix of deciduous and evergreen forests (sometimes mixed in weird ways, like a strip of deciduous trees through a evergreen area). Looks like all the leaves from the deciduous trees have fallen leaving just the evergreens.

How dare people also like & appreciate nature?

It's actually a great thing! Modern technology has made it really easy to know & get to places like this.

Plus, around 90% of people at National Parks never go more than 0.5mile into a trail. So if you want to get away, just get on a trail.

Gorgeous shot. : )

That just increases your chances of encountering an orgy!

Expect everyone ends up waking up early and its still crowded. When i was in yosemite people would wake up at 3 am to hike half dome thinking theyll beat crowds but end up with everyone else who thought the same. When i ended up doing it i started at 1pm and passed people coming down the trail but after a while there was no one out there