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04-08-2011, 05:10 PM
As promised here is the press release from the park headquarters as to what will be shut down in the park. It looks like the entire park will be shut down and locked and no one will be allowed to even so much as stop on 441. This is B.S.!!
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
News Release
Immediate Release Contact: Bob Miller
Date: April 8, 2011
865/436-1207
If the Government implements a shutdown, nearly the entire Park would
be closed beginning Saturday, April 9, all Great Smoky Mountains National
Park facilities would be closed, including visitor centers, campgrounds,
picnic areas, trails, concession operations, restrooms, and all roads, with
the exception of the Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee.
Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) would remain open to through traffic
only. No stopping or parking along the road or at trailheads and overlooks
is permitted, and all restroom facilities would be closed, including those
at Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tenn., the Oconaluftee
Visitor Center near Cherokee, NC, and Newfound Gap. The Clingmans Dome Road
which is accessed off Newfound Gap Road would be closed.
NPS
Bob Miller
Management Assistant
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(865) 436-1207
FAX 436-1204
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
News Release
Immediate Release Contact: Bob Miller
Date: April 8, 2011
865/436-1207
If the Government implements a shutdown, nearly the entire Park would
be closed beginning Saturday, April 9, all Great Smoky Mountains National
Park facilities would be closed, including visitor centers, campgrounds,
picnic areas, trails, concession operations, restrooms, and all roads, with
the exception of the Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee.
Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) would remain open to through traffic
only. No stopping or parking along the road or at trailheads and overlooks
is permitted, and all restroom facilities would be closed, including those
at Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tenn., the Oconaluftee
Visitor Center near Cherokee, NC, and Newfound Gap. The Clingmans Dome Road
which is accessed off Newfound Gap Road would be closed.
NPS
Bob Miller
Management Assistant
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(865) 436-1207
FAX 436-1204