Great Smoky Mountains National Park is America's most visited National Park. The park straddles the Great Smoky Mountains, park of the Appalachian Mountain chain in both Tennessee and North Carolina. The park includes some of the tallest mountains in eastern North America including Clingmans Dome, Mount Guyot, and Mount LeConte along with 850 miles of trails and unpaved roads for hiking, 70 miles of which are park of the Appalachian Trail.
Eastern Cherokee Reservation
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The Eastern Cherokee Indian Nation Land is officially known as the Qualla Boundary and is located in Western North Carolina just south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and covers a total of 82 square miles. The land is a fragment of the original Cherokee Nation homeland which used to stretch from Virginia to South Carolina, and west to present day Tennessee and Alabama.. The land was purchased back and today the tribe earns revenue through a combination of Federal/State funds, tourism, and Harrah's Cherokee Casino.
Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest
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Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest comprises two United States National Forests spanning eastern and northern Georgia for a combined 866,468 acres. The area was given its name by English settlers who took the name from the Cherokee and Creek living there. In one dialect of the Muskogean languages, "Chatta" means stone and "ho chee" marked or flowered, brought together to describe the stones near the Chattahoochee River settlement near Columbus Georgia. The region includes over 2,200 miles of rivers and streams and 450 miles of hiking trails.
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