Blast into the Past
Great Smoky Mountains National Park land was once inhabited by these indigenous people, who now inhabit over 56,000 acres in western North Carolina.
Who are the Cherokee people?
This species of bear is the only bear species living in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is the American Black Bear?
The animal in this image is known as this species.
What is a Daddy Long Legs, or Harvestman?
"Leaves of three, let it be" is a common phrase used to identify this plant.
What is poison ivy?
This famous trail, which is about 2,200 miles in length stretching from Georgia to Maine, intersects through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is The Appalachian Trail?
The Little River Road, before becoming a drivable street, was once used for this type of transportation.
What is locomotive transportation?
While viewing bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you should stand from at least this distance.
What is 50 yards?
The two species of venomous snakes that live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the Timber Rattlesnake and this species.
What is the Northern Copperhead?
The leaf in the image is from this tree species.
What is a red maple tree?
This trail is the only dog friendly trail on the Tennessee side of the park, with the exception of service animals.
What is the Gatlinburg Trail?
Located in Elkmont within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this "ghost town" is home to 19 recently restored historic cabins.
What is Daisytown?
During this season, bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park give birth to their cubs.
What is winter?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the salamander capital of the world, being home to this salamander species which is the largest salamander species in the U.S.
What is the Eastern Hellbender?
This chemical compound found in leaves is what gives them their green color.
What is chlorophyll?
There are roughly this many miles of trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is 900 miles?
It was in this year that Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established.
What is 1934?
What are plants, or herbaceous matter?
This disease, initially spread by human activity, is affecting bats such as the Little Brown Bat and the Indiana Bat here in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and may soon be the cause of total extinction.
What is White-Nose Syndrome?
This common spring flower changes color from white to pink when pollinated.
What is white trillium?
This many miles of the Appalachian Trail stretches through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is 71 miles?
By 1928, this amount of money was donated by John D. Rockefeller to finish purchasing the remaining land which now makes up Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is 5 million dollars?
The bear population in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is over 500,000 acres and makes up one of the densest bear populations in the country, is home to approximately this number of black bears.
What is approximately 1800 to 2200?
What is the Peregrine Falcon?
This native tree species produces the largest edible tree fruit in the United States.
What is the American Pawpaw?
This evergreen shrub gives this waterfall hike its name.
What is Laurel Falls?