NEWFOUND GAP, Great Smokey Mtn. Nat'l Park
Gents We are finally taking our new Cougar 327 and new Ford F250 out for our first summer trip. Ontario to Nashville, TN (via I75, 71,65) Nashville to Cherokee, NC (via 40, 60 to Gatlinburg an...
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Just did the run over the Gap last week in our truck camper. I have not taken our fiver over the gap and do not think I will, but I have taken a 25' travel trailer over the mountains through the gap. Not interested in towing over the mountain again as I used up about a years worth of worry and stress doing it. Its doable but not all that comfortable. There is a good bit of pucker factor involved and all the worry, stress and focus on the driving with a trailer attached tends to take away from the surrounding beauty.
All that said if you are in that area don't miss Newfound gap and especially do not miss Clingmans Dome which is accessed from Newfound Gap. The views, if you hit it just right, are spectacular.
You may want to think about camping in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge, dropping the 327 at the campground and spend a morning running up to the gap and Clingmans Dome with the truck- then going back, picking it up and running around to the other side. Much less stressful and you won't miss one of the prettiest sites in the east.It takes about 1/2 hour- 45 minutes up to the gap from Gatlinburg and about an hours total driving time time from Gatlinburg to Cherokee if you decided to go down the other side and back to Gatlinburg the same day. That's very doable.
All that said if you are in that area don't miss Newfound gap and especially do not miss Clingmans Dome which is accessed from Newfound Gap. The views, if you hit it just right, are spectacular.
You may want to think about camping in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge, dropping the 327 at the campground and spend a morning running up to the gap and Clingmans Dome with the truck- then going back, picking it up and running around to the other side. Much less stressful and you won't miss one of the prettiest sites in the east.It takes about 1/2 hour- 45 minutes up to the gap from Gatlinburg and about an hours total driving time time from Gatlinburg to Cherokee if you decided to go down the other side and back to Gatlinburg the same day. That's very doable.
