Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is a great stopping place while driving through the mountains.  One of the highest points measuring 5,046 feet. There is plenty of parking found here. In the parking lot you can put one foot on the North Carolina border and the other on the Tennessee border. As you take a walk around the parking lot you can enjoy beautiful scenic views of the Mountains. There are also a few trails which you may choose to walk around. Climb on top of the Rockerfeller Memorial.  This is the place where President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the park on Spetember 2, 1940.