"We ought to let these pretty mountains just sit there and look pretty huh," I remarked to a nearby family of tourists. "Mm-hm," the mom replied nervously.
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In Swain County, North Carolina, on September 29th, 2022, a view into Great Smoky Mountains National Park from its southern boundary, at the Mile High Overlook on the Heintooga Spur Road off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Appalachian Mountains (7022295)
• Blue Ridge (1108807)
• Great Smoky Mountains (1109076)
• Swain (county) (2001543)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• autumn (300133093)
• mountain landscapes (300411358)
• mountains (300008795)
• overlooks (300008186)
• temperate deciduous forests (300387649)
Wikidata items:
• 29 September 2022 (Q69306569)
• Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests (Q4780829)
• Appalachian Mountains (Q93332)
• Blue Ridge ecoregion (Q112230761)
• Blue Ridge Mountains (Q166755)
• Blue Ridge Parkway (Q98195801)
• Blue Ridge Physiographic Province (Q60141323)
• Great Smoky Mountains (Q1360486)
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Q464004)
• Heintooga Spur Road (Q116477667)
• High Mountains ecoregion (Q116201258)
• September 29 (Q2882)
• September 2022 (Q61312992)
• Treaty with the Cherokee, 1798 (Q114703881)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Forests and forestry—North Carolina (sh2009006512)
• Mountains—North Carolina (sh85087916)
• Parks—North Carolina (sh85098181)