From hikes to viewpoints, these 10 beautiful places in the Great Smoky Mountains will have you reaching for your camera time ...

The 6,643-foot Kuwohi is one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with more than 650,000 visitors a year, according the National Park Service.

Reach him at [email protected]. This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Cherokee name for Great Smoky Mountains NP'sClingmans Dome restored ...

Popular Smoky Mountains spot now back to its original Cherokee name Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome) SOURCE: Courtesy National Park Service Updated: 4:10 PM EDT Sep 24, 2024 ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.

If you’re visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a journey up to the summit of Kuwohi (pronounced koo-WHOA-hee, and formerly known as Clingmans Dome) is an absolute must. Straddling the ...

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With a 6,643-feet peak, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in Tennessee and offers amazing panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Are you hoping to check out Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before the year ends? You'll have to hurry, or else you will have a long ...

Clingmans Dome/Kuwohi is the tallest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Tennessee at an elevation of 6,643 feet. GSMNP says the observation tower on the summit offers 360° views ...

The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is no longer named after a Confederate general. Following lobbying from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the U.S. Board of ...

Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an expelled U.S. senator-turned-Confederate brigadier general who, as a ...