<P> The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee -- North Carolina border in the southeastern United States . They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains , and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province . The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies . The Great Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which protects most of the range . The park was established in 1934 , and , with over 9 million visits per year , it is the most - visited national park in the United States . </P>
<P> The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee -- North Carolina border in the southeastern United States . They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains , and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province . The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies . The Great Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which protects most of the range . The park was established in 1934 , and , with over 9 million visits per year , it is the most - visited national park in the United States . </P>
where is the great smoky mountains located on a map
where is the great smoky mountains located on a map
along the Tennessee -- North Carolina
along the Tennessee -- North Carolina