Great Smoky Moutains National Park Trail Atlas

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Trail and Map News

• Trout Fishing in The Great Smokies. One cannot fully appreciate the Smokies without fly fishing its abundant streams. From high mountains reaches to larger rivers at lower elevations, the park has nearly a thousand miles of fishable waters. The best experiences require hiking into r...

• Draft of the Great Smokies Trail Atlas. After about a year of design, we've made a public draft of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trail Atlas. The atlas consists of 3 parts. The first part is a series of 18.25" x 13" full-color maps that show the entire trail network, land cov...

• Historical & 3D Maps of the Great Smokies. We're continually updating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trail Atlas and hope to have a pre-release sample here by early March. The emphasis now is cleaning the labels on the 1:90k map series. These two maps here are sections in the atla...

Download and print map scale & measurement tool. Print it at home and use in the woods to more precisely locate yourself with a GPS unit set to DD MM.MMM, on a UTM grid, or just measure linear distance.

Trail Atlas - $16 | GPS Data Pack only - $10

Atlas Contents

This unique collection of maps is the most attractive and useful navigation aid you'll own. The atlas helps hikers and equestrians enjoy the varied geography, ecology, and history of this wonderful park.

The atlas includes:

1:96,500 scale GPS Trail Map, 39" x 18" divided into 3 tiles for easy use. samples

A 3D map offers a Bird's Eye View of the park and is a quick, intiutive way to visualize the topography of the park.

1:192,000 scale map that shows all overnight options in the park and is a great map for the early stages of planning your backpack trip.

A historic topographic map the shows pioneer places in the park and the area on the eve of the park's creation.

A 32-page trail gazetteer that gives exact location of trailheads, trail intersections, backcountry campsites, and scenic areas. Gives trail users cumulative elevation gains and losses.

GPS Data Pack download with GPX track and waypoint files for trails and destinations in the park. Includes expanded gazetteer and special topographic map. Only for web purchases and for 36-megabyte download only.

Current Weather Radar Current NOAA Radar, East TN: Enlarge \| Animate More about doppler radar images on NOAA's website	Current Visible Satellite Current Visible Satellite: Enlarge \| Animate Note: Image dark? It's nightime in the Smokies!

Current Observations

Tennessee side
Partly Cloudy and 74 degrees F at Knoxville, McGhee Tyson Airport, TN
Winds are East at 3 MPH. The pressure is 29.98" (1014.1 mb) and the humidity is 76%. The heat index is 75. Last Updated on Jul 5, 9:53 pm EDT.

North Carolina side
A Few Clouds and 70 degrees F at Asheville Regional Airport, NC
Winds are South at 5 MPH. The pressure is 30.06" (1015.4 mb) and the humidity is 84%. The heat index is 69. Last Updated on Jul 5, 9:54 pm EDT.

More Great Smokies weather

Look Rock webcam
Enlarge | 2891ft elev
west park looking east

Purchase Knob webcam
Enlarge | 4911ft elev
east park looking east

Mobile Weather
In some areas of the Smokies cell phone users have access to the internet. To get these weather maps, web cams, and forecasts on your phone when you have internet access, visit http://www.outrageGIS.com/g and help plan your day.

Forecast for high country elevations around 5,000ft

Overnight

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%