Entries into Great Smoky Mtns NP jumped by 8.7% which brings us to +4.7% year to date for the Park Through November Park visitation totalled 8,966,665 visitors, so we are on track to finish the year at around 9.4 million.

The jump was fueled by a 27.2% jump in the Gatlinburg Entrance – due in part to the I-40 closure for the entire month Cherokee Entrance was unchanged Townsend also unchanged. The 13 outlying entrances were down by 6.3% – mostly because the traffic counter at Cosby entrance was removed  for the month while the entrance road and campground and picnic area were repaved.

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