Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Smoky Mountain Videos http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Smokey Bear Says… http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/smokey-bear-says/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/smokey-bear-says/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:42:35 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=25 Visit the Mount Cammerer firetower, one of the few remaining lookout towers in the Smokies!  

There are several trails to the Cammerer firetower, but all of them are long and steep (the shortest route is over ten miles round trip)…  just take it easy and stop frequently, because it’s definitely worth the climb. And because you walk on the Appalachian Trail for a few miles, you’ll probably meet some interesting people: I chatted with two guys from England, a dozen people from Florida who were freezing (it was in the mid-60s) and a couple from the Netherlands who liked “Elvis and being close to nature.”

Firetowers like this one date from the days when millions of board feet of lumber were being hauled off the Smokies’ slopes and fires ignited regularly in the denuded landscape, burning valuable timber.  Today, it’s a great spot to eat lunch and admire the beauty of the national park!

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