Map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park with road and trail distances – Antique Map Print
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Step back in time with Map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park with road and trail distances, an antique map rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park with road and trail distances
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A road-and-trail map from 1940 gives this piece a particular place in the story of the Great Smoky Mountains. Long before the park's boundaries were settled, the range was crossed mostly by footpaths, logging rail lines and rough wagon roads, so a map that measured distances along both roads and trails shows the park at an early stage of becoming a destination for visitors. The park was formally established in 1934 and the Newfound Gap Road, which crosses the crest of the range, was completed in the 1930s, and maps of this kind helped travelers plan routes through the mountains. Worth noticing is how the distances make the terrain itself legible, since mileage on a steep mountain route tells a different story than mileage on flat ground.
| Created / published | 1940 |
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| Original scan | 7,436 × 5,587 px · prints to 25 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | np000243 Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1940 |
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