Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285) and index.
Contents
Discover Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains. Planning your trip ; Best of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains ; Best hikes ; Best of Great Smoky Mountains National Park ; Views from the top ; Music, mountains, and moonshine -- North Carolina High Country. Mount Airy and vicinity ; Blue Rodge foothills ; Boone ; Blowing Rock ; Along the Blue Ridge Parkway -- Asheville area. Asheville ; Around Asheville -- Southern Blue Rodge and foothills. Chimney Rick and Hendersonville ; Southern Blue Rodge Parkway ; Waynesville and vicinity -- Cherokee and Maggie Valley. Maggie Valley ; Cherokee and the Qualla Boundary ; Bryson City and the Nantahala Forest ; Robbinsville and the Valley towns -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Exploring the park ; Newfoundland Gap Road ; Eastern Smokies ; Western Smokies ; Transportation and services -- Knoxville and the Tennessee foothills. Gatlinsburg ; Pigeon Forge and Sevierville ; Knoxville -- Background. The land ; Plants ; Animals ; History ; Government and economy ; Local culture -- Essentials. Transportation ; Travel tips ; Health and safety.