Ground truth
Cameras and eyes on the mountain
Live park cameras plus dated photos from people who were actually standing there.
Live cameras
Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome)
6,644 ft · Spruce-fir summit looking out over the highest ridgelines in the park.
National Park Service
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Newfound Gap
5,046 ft · The state-line gap on US 441, the classic high-elevation color check.
National Park Service
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Purchase Knob
5,000 ft · High meadow on the North Carolina side looking over Cataloochee.
National Park Service
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Look Rock
2,600 ft · Southeast across the western Smokies crest from the Foothills Parkway.
National Park Service
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Twin Creeks Canopy Tower
1,900 ft · Research tower shooting straight into the cove hardwood canopy above Gatlinburg.
NEON / PhenoCam Network
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LeConte Creek
1,700 ft · Streamside hardwoods at the base of the Mount LeConte drainage.
NEON / PhenoCam Network
Open source camera page →Camera stills are published by their operators and refresh on their own schedule; a blank frame usually means fog, night, or a temporary outage.
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