GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TENNESSEE

Photographic Archive 1984 - 1995

 

 

 

 

SITE HISTORY

 

Site Location:               The monitoring site was located near the east-central border of Tennessee, along the Foothills Parkway, approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Gatlinburg.

 

 

Photographic Station:    The camera was installed at the Look Rock Lookout on Chilhowee Mountain, along the Foothills Parkway, ten miles west of Highway 321.  The camera viewed Parson Bald (~157°), 14.0 km.

 

 

Operational Period:       Parson Bald Vista 01/04/84 – 10/11/95

 

 

Data Collection:            Photographs were taken at 09:00, 12:00, and 15:00 daily.  Approximately 11,000 35mm-color slides of the Parson Bald Vista were reviewed to develop the provided historical photographic archive.