Where Man Is Only a Visitor

Where Man Is Only a Visitor (HMD78)

Location: Bryson City, NC 28713 Swain County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 35.932', W 83° 24.762'

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In front of you is a very special place - part of the park's "backcountry," a place without roads, wires, houses...

Here you - or your children, or theirs - may walk for days, largely free of the sights, sounds, and smells of the everyday world.

There are few such places left in America, and none in the East matches the wildlands of the Smokies. A beautiful scene, a great scientific resource. But perhaps the most profound value of the park lies in its quality as Sanctuary - for people, as well as plants and wildlife.

"Man has erected some lovely dwellings - some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not, in his cities, created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wild flower."From Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies By Harvey Broome
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HM NumberHMD78
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Date Added Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 6:22am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 281432 N 3942138
Decimal Degrees35.59886667, -83.41270000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 35.932', W 83° 24.762'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 35' 55.92" N, 83° 24' 45.72" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)828
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 303 Beech Flats Quiet Walkway, Bryson City NC 28713, US
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