America's Most Visited National Park! - Fall Colors - Great Smoky Mountains 4K - Scenic Drive

A quick video from the other side of the world! More videos from Asia up next. I've wanted to do this video for years now and finally got a chance. Should I do a whole National Parks series?
With nearly twice as many tourists as the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States with over 11.3 million recreational visitors in 2016. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between Tennessee and North Carolina runs northeast to southwest through the centerline of the park. The Appalachian Trail passes through the center of the park on its route from Maine to Georgia. The park was chartered by the United States Congress in 1934 and officially dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
The park encompasses 522,419 acres (816.28 sq mi; 211,415.47 ha; 2,114.15 km2), making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. The main park entrances are located along U.S. Highway 441 (Newfound Gap Road) at the towns of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Cherokee, North Carolina. Great Smoky Mountains was the first national park whose land and other costs were paid for in part with federal funds; previous parks were funded wholly with state money or private funds.
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[@jutah]

318 million visitors. Thats how many people visited US National Parks in 2018! Would you like to see a driving series of them? I've wanted to visit and film the more popular ones in California, Utah Colorado and Arizona for a while now. Depending on how this does, I may do this soon. Please let me know what you think!

[@whkwole6842]

Is the grass on both sides of the road mowed regularly?

[@sooraj4998]

Yes, please upload a series of them. I like your videos very much. Thank you.

[@Ajbel]

Tioga Pass into Yosemite is pretty awesome. On State Route 120. Love the scenic road videos.

[@ArtemiTV]

please do!

[@MegaFashionTrance]

You are the best, I don't have to go anywhere out, just hit play.

[@wudu-wasa971]

I am from Gatlinburg, but I am away completing my undergrad and haven't been home in almost a year. Thank you for helping with my homesickness. And thank you to everyone in the comments for your kind words about our beautiful home. It is so surreal seeing what for me is just a normal drive around my home on youtube and being commented on and praise by complete strangers. Life is strange, indeed.

[@rashtra8253]

Thats the truth man and wish success for you jai bhole

[@Shumetra]

Your hometown is beautiful. I enjoyed my stay there

[@marissagarcia5357]

Hi there! My friends and I are planning to visit and hike the smoky mountains in mid November. Would you know of a cabin with a spectacular view that is next to a hiking trail?

[@myles4775]

Just got back from gallon burg it is butifull

[@AkunBebas100]

From Indonesia🇮🇩❤🇺🇸 and i ever go there since 2016-2017 ohh i miss you America i wish i could go there but covid

[@CherokeeFlutist59]

One day I'll drive across the country and take in the majesty of the Great Smoky Mountains. Absolutely a beautiful looking place to visit. It's on my bucket list

[@tomekumb]

I have been to the California, Arizona and Nevada this year and I have fallen in love with US roads. It's great to watch your videos. Cheers from Poland :)

[@dawidkowalski6568]

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[@graciepitt1013]

Your 'Drive 4K - America's Most Popular Park' was my fav driving video, now this one is! Love the scenic beauty and would very much look forward to a series of the National Parks.

[@WESLEYUSA23]

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[@confklein3865]

thank you j utah i'm from Africa somewhere but you've helped me to end my curiosity still asking myself how Europe and other abroad country are look like now i'm good but i've found that all the place are the same no matter where you are , some place are fascinating other little bit but you need to come in Kigali (Rwanda) i promise you you'll be excited to reach in peaceful and greenest country in AFRICA

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

kygali got nothing to CAPE TOWN(SOUTH AFRICA)

[@Mayat02]

@Angela Lewis South Africa is awesome. You're welcome to visit anytime and our National Parks are pretty quiet compared to American ones (and affordable compared to the rest of Africa and the world).

[@SinB]

So scenic! It feels different compared to when you are driving through the city.

[@fahada783]

I realy found it as a way of relaxing method .

[@palmsofdestin1]

Right.

[@byronking7463]

Driving through the mountains is an unexplainable feeling. Especially during the fall. God’s creative genius is so unmatched! The mountains are part the reason I fell in love and moved to PA

[@The_Admiral5]

Loved visiting this beautiful park! If anyone is planning a trip to the Smokies then I would definitely recommend coming in the winter when the mountains are packed with snow! It was so beautiful!!!

[@saurabhmeshram4388]

Generally people r obsessed with new York,loss Angeles, chicago and many big cities because of huge skyscrapers and great infrastructure...But there is different America also which is blessed with abundant natural beauty and many people don't know this...

[@divinelove4604]

Watching these videos gives myself a sense of peace that is greatly appreciated.

[@christinadeshaies4465]

Thanks for sharing all your great adventures. I put your videos on for my aging mother and she finds them relaxing and almost as enjoyable as being there! 👍🙂

[@jutah]

Thats great to hear :) Tell her hello for me!

[@RossRoams]

Cool, might try that with my dad

[@christinadeshaies4465]

I so will! Thanks!😁

[@madman6962]

the view of mount le conte from sevierville onward is one of the most striking images in the south. that behemoth looming in the distance- it always shocks me how big it looks. a majestic, awe-inspiring peak.

[@marcybrooks3425]

I've traveled that road so many times, it almost felt like I was with you. :) The Oconaluftee museum was at the end. A great place to see what a mountain farm was like.

[@bettyscoggins7769]

Thank You J Utah for your time to show people how beautiful The Smokies are. Too bad there's no real footage of The Smokies in the 70's, it was more than anyone can imagine than it is now.My family are from Townsend, Smokies, and all up in he mountains here. Cherokee family. God Bless you and most appreciated.

[@thepinkpilgrim4016]

Thank you now I am still able to see this wonderful piece of nature and the amazing roads leading through it, all thanks to your great work!

[@BoydXplorer]

Unforgettable joyride with you J Utah. Long journey but enjoyable trip. Thanks for the tour.

[@orcadr1955]

I was surprised by the magnificent views, an extraordinary beauty, wonderful

[@LadyMacbeth56]

I am from Texas. Born and raised. I love Texas. However, here lately, the Smokey Mountains have been calling to my heart. I an looking for a log cabin nestled in mountain side. Need lots of land. This is so stunning. ❤❤❤

[@nickpatterson492]

LUV THE DRIVE WITH THE SCENIC FALL COLORS IT SO RELAXING CANT WAIT TO VISIT someday in 1 day in one of those log cabins

[@Shumetra]

Love it Pigeon forge, Dollywood, and Gatlingburg

[@Naza_44]

America The Beautiful! 🌄💕👌

[@ЧеченскийЛев-в5п]

ты еще в России не был..

[@RossRoams]

Awesome mix, mountains, forests and city

[@soulblades6258]

A lot of places in the US are shit holes with an awful lot of people living in poverty

[@ukisbeggar8462]

@@soulblades6258 skid row in LA is very famous right?

[@soulblades6258]

@@ukisbeggar8462 Not to sure how famous Skid Row is but I have heard about the homeless in that part of Los Angeles

[@MsShirleyD]

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful.

[@millennialodyssey5956]

We were just there two weeks ago. Gatlinburg is our home away from home! Greetings from rural Kentucky!

[@rubaethasan6574]

So so so beautiful. I love this park.

[@josemariacuesta6940]

Love it! I live in the Natural Park of Cazorla in Spain. The landscape is very similar, lush forests and lots of nature. A year ago I made a video of the main route. Great job!!!

[@mebodeck]

Saturday evening and I am watching this….. :) Beautiful area!!! Thank you for sharing. Warm wishes from Germany

[@gerhardingwersen1049]

Enjoyed the video,,,it was fun driving with you

[@katimeszaros9037]

Bravo!this is a very cool video! I've seen all your videos so far,and it has a very positive effect on me. Thank you for this wonderful experience!!

[@didodido4814]

I love America very very beautiful 👍🏼♥️

[@renatosubzero1503]

Wonderful landscapes indeed!!! I hope i visit this beautiful place. Greetings from Brazil!

[@breno.luvewigg]

Que gostoso aff

[@kobajaszi6796]

Jeśli ktoś lubi jeździć autem- a ja uwielbiam- i to jeszcze taką drogą z pięknymi widokami, to to jest super. Bardzo dziękuję za wycieczkę do Smoky Mountains Park, było wspaniale.

[@sunsetkomorebi6542]

So beautiful! Thanks for sharing the best season of the year!!

[@skiphippityhop7655]

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[@marcybrooks3425]

I used to travel to see the Smokies, now I live in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. All I have to do is look out by back door. :) But, there is still nothing like a drive through the Smokies. They have a very special feel all their own.

[@RossRoams]

Awesome mix, mountains, forests and city

[@streetsofasia8895]

A breathtakingly gorgeous place, truly. I've traveled the world but still never had the chance to visit the east coast of my home country. Thank you for bringing it to my computer screen!

[@MoreLocations]

Wow... Amazing view 👍🏻. I will watch it again on the big screen. Thank you 🙏😊

[@tommymagnusson]

Dang so beautiful scenery and landscape 🧡

[@susanafrank3486]

Um dos vídeos mais lindos que eu vi, com essa rodovia e essas árvores amarelas lindas.🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

[@WESLEYUSA23]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2bFYnqLbrdngMU Esse está no meu canal

[@andreamurrell3121]

makes me miss the mountains. beautiful.

[@sherrysimpson4288]

Thank you! I enjoyed that drive so much!

[@TheCheckoutPhilosopher]

beautiful video with incredible colors of autumn 😎👍

[@gratitudetouniverse3754]

Thanks for taking this video of the Great Smoky Mountain.This bring back a lot of memories when I used to live in Tennessee in the late 1990's. I visited this twice and I remember the drive to get there. It was beautiful and a lot of awesome scenery. I would love to go back there again in the near future.

[@mohanhegde]

Aaaah.. so peaceful, scenic and relaxing to watch. I also use your videos to fall asleep. I put the phone down so I can't see the display and just 'listen' to the ambient background sounds while falling asleep 😴😊👍🙏

[@ewuluugochukwu594]

Great visit, so Elegant

[@Shumetra]

I was there last week and got caught up in bad weather. But the drive in the smokies is awesome.

[@evanlucas8914]

If you want more of this (like days more) drive the blue ridge parkway. One termination is at Cherokee and the other is all the way up at Shenandoah in Virginia. It's just an awesome drive with plenty of spots to stop and enjoy.

[@jutah]

ive wanted to do it for years now. maybe during winter when you can see more scenery through the trees

[@Butterfly-jt6cr]

Breathtaking Mountains! Been there, done that!

[@madwellmorales676]

Thanks for the video, it's not the usual resolution! and we would only have been 1 month before! but likewise very grateful to your video! again! Thank you

[@robbyosborne9708]

I've been up that roadway through the Smokies plenty of times as a kid. In fact, every time we went through the tunnels, my dad would honk the horn. Good times

[@flow2me667]

First of all: Always a thumb up! Cause if it means Driving Downtown or Drive 4K, it's always a good video. I prefer these Scenic Drives, where you can see a lot of nature, but also some civilization. I flatterer :) As always: thank you for giving such insights into a big part of North America, the U.S.

[@jutah]

Thank you!! Love to hear the feedback always. Very helpful!

[@ulloamiguel]

Great place and Paradise

[@scryspc]

Super ASMR inducing, though beautiful scenery. 🧡

[@NaeemKhan-uk4pf]

Amazing and a huge national park

[@TP-fl9ul]

Omg love your videos so breathtaking

[@chotuvaijan5724]

Beautiful video coverage & beautiful country side Nuture view Plantion trees earth Save people Save

[@palmsofdestin1]

Ok

[@ИванСаломатин-с7у]

Thank you! 🧑🏻 Good luck! 👍🏻

[@Chillaxing113]

OMG! I enjoyed this video so much! So relaxing. The Fall colors are truly stunning. I'm going in a couple of weeks, mid-November, I can only hope to experience such a beautiful display. Although that car you were behind starting at 1:01:41 drove me nuts riding their brakes!

[@jutah]

got a new camera with far superior capabilities so ill remake this at some point! glad you enjoyed it :)

[@andrzejzaryski]

No wonder that so many people visit this piece of land. Quite large, by the way. And really beautifull. I do like your videos. Very well done. I do hope to watch your next magnificent films.

[@andymac8437]

13:42, that town he drove through in that stretch is called Gatlinburg (as the sign says), my family founded it, and I went their a few years back, it was so cool.

[@IsaacSarmiento]

Hi, everyone 😃. God bless you.

[@ukisbeggar8462]

God doesn't exist😎

[@georgeunknown2833]

​@@ukisbeggar8462 we all don't exist ... what is 70-80 years in the universe? Nothing.

[@bettyscoggins7769]

God Bless you too Isaac !! Thank you

[@peterhough5190]

@@ukisbeggar8462 try telling a jehovas witness that

[@ukisbeggar8462]

@@bluecopper3770 Are u illiterate? have u never studied that we came from Monkeys?

[@mychellevanschaick4321]

we live a little off of Skyline Drive or the North end of The Blue Ridge, y'all are down at the South end. Great Video!!!

[@jutah]

You are lucky to live there!

[@whoisitMJJ]

Amazing video.... beautiful park...!! Thanks J Utah !!!

[@hankandlefty]

Happened to be the same day I was there.You drove by my Ram truck parked at Newfound gap. I was on the AT that day hiking out to Charlie's Bunion. What a coincidence.

[@DivaInTheWoods]

Well here you are in my neck of the woods! I found your channel after a visit out west, falling in love with the beauty of Utah and Arizona and then having intense wanderlust wanting to return. Thank you for reminding me how much beauty is out my backdoor! I'm enjoying your National Park series. Unfortunately, I still have wanderlust since there is nothing on the east coast to compare with the night sky in the middle of nowhere out west! Check out a dark sky map and see how we've jacked things up with the big picture of nature. At least we still have places like the Smokies to escape the urban expansion!

[@TrangleC]

Interesting. I have watched many such videos in the last 2 years or so and being born and raised in Germany and never having been to the USA, one impression strikes me again and again when I see those landscapes: It is how weirdly similar much of the USA is to parts of Europe and Germany in particular. Scripted Hollywood media, movies like shows, basically always show certain cherry picked parts of the USA. There is LA, San Francisco and greater Catifornia, there is Las Vegas, Death Valley, the Sonora Desert, parts of Texas and New Mexico, mostly the parts bordering Mexico, there is the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, Florida, the Everglades and then New York City at the East Coast and maybe parts of New England. That is basically it and all of it is very different from Germany, making it feel very strange and alien to me as a German. Only when watching such dash cam and road trip videos on KZbin, I saw other parts of the USA that you don't normally see and as I said, again and again I'm shocked by how much many of it reminds me of Germany. For example, I recently saw dash cam footage from Nashville and ignoring details like number plates and street signs, that city looks astonishingly much like a typical south-west German city like Cologne, Frankfurt, Mannheim or parts of Stuttgart. Same here. The details are different of course, the cars on the road differ (Although less and less, because at the same time Americans started buying more small, European style cars, Germans started buying more pick up trucks, soccer mom vans and SUVs. So the difference isn't as big anymore as it would have been 20 years ago. Even stuff like "truck nuts" don't turn heads anymore on German roads, hehe.), but the landscape and the feel and layout of the small towns nestled into those hills, reminds me of parts of south Germany a lot.

[@jutah]

Great comment. I could talk for hours about this subject. Many people think they need to move somewhere to change their life for the better for example. Hollywood has had a huge influence on us. Maybe for the better or worse. I don't know. Either way (whether cities landscapes or people) we all have much more in common than we may think.

[@ElCid48]

That's why you are not to believe every thing that Hollywood shows. Reality is something else, and better.

[@TrangleC]

@@jutah Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I am one of those people who would love to move to the USA. As I said, I'm German and am still living in Germany, but I have basically checked out mentally out of Germany many years ago. I don't watch German TV, I don't participate in German culture. I only watch American stuff and English language KZbin videos for entertainment. I pretty much emigrated to the USA mentally and only my physical body was left behind, hehehe. There are 2 reasons for why I never tried do make the move. First of all, I have to take care of my demented father and I would have to take him with me, which is impossible and also, I'm generally not a fan of people running away from the problems in their home countries. I think shithole countries would be better if people who don't like living in a shithole would stay and fight and work to make the place better, instead of running away and looking for a better life somewhere else. When all the dissatisfied people just flee, how are things ever going to get better in those countries? Where would the world be if all the people who didn't like the French monarchy would just have emigrated, instead of revolting? What if all the American colonists would just have moved somewhere else instead of fighting for their freedom against the British? So despite the fact that emigrating to the USA for me would not really be a running away from Germany, but rather a running towards a land and a culture I personally like more, I would still feel a bit like a hypocrite and as if I'm part of the problem, if I would do it. I do find pretty much everything about the USA better and more attractive than the place and the culture I grew up in. Even the things people say are bad about the USA, sound pretty good to me. For example, people always say Americans are shallow and smile a lot, but their smiles are fake and they don't really care about other people and everything is fake, distant and un-personal. To me that sounds good. I like it superficial. I don't like it when people get in my business and when neighbors gossip over me and stare at me through their windows. I'm a loner. I don't like having friends. Friends only mean trouble. Being roped into stuff you don't want to do, having to do favors, helping people move, being introduced to people you don't like, having to deal with other people's problems, hospital visits, having to be nice and cheerful when you don't feel like it, seeing people die and wither away from sickness and drug problems and shit like that. I'm rather surrounded by polite strangers who don't care about me and don't expect me to care about them. That is just one example, but most of the things people call bad about American culture, sound rather good to me. If there would be something like being "Trans-National", I'd be it, hehehe. I really feel like a American that was born in the wrong country and is forced to live in the wrong culture. I even get angry when Google forces me to use the German version of their search engine and makes it a fuss to get the American version.

[@ElCid48]

@@TrangleC I was born in Spain and I've been living in the US for a long time and I'm a US citizen. I feel like I belong here. There's no other place on Earth I would rather be. Europe is in trouble right now for many reasons that I'd better not mention here. I know how you feel.

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

@@ElCid48 europe is in trouble because of influx of refugees from africa and middle-east?Well running to america won't solve the problem.It's like you people are handing over your land to foreigners.

[@beannieharrison]

Beautiful 🍁🍂 heading this way tomorrow.

[@linacarlson5376]

I was there last week !!! Gorgeous views !! Wonderful colors !!

[@jaffarshah120]

The great mother, nature, lies sleeping in these magical woods

[@utahdan231]

It took me 16 days to drive from Shenandoah to Gatlinburg. The hikes were awesome. The colors in Grandfather Mountain area were red beyond believe. Lynn viaduct was shocking with colors. It’s a beautiful drive.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Thank you as always for the great scenery it always puts me in a relaxing mood...

[@partysun1219]

Very beautiful! But it would be even better in sunny weather

[@palmsofdestin1]

Best in fall and spring

[@Jack3md]

Beautiful, I love the U.S. 🇺🇸

[@michesgqlledobbiln8928]

I live here in North Carolina and Asheville and Black Mt area is beautiful. We have the Blue Ridge Parkway in our back yard.

[@EURO-EDM]

Yet another relaxing drive uploaded by Johnny Utah from Point Break :)

[@markku.valkeapaa]

Awesome quality filming, thanks

[@26317995]

貴國交通的水準就是不一樣，感謝作者提供如此優質的影片，台灣喔，就看到一大堆人在逼車超車等等的，絕不可能向影片中，每個人不管是好車壞車，如此得井然有序，遵守速限

[@Anthony-op5ju]

Omg 😍 this might be my new favourite video of yours! Thank you !

[@dahmohamed5684]

Good I wish to visit her I have never traveled😥

[@VirtualTravl]

Beautiful!!

[@nationalggraphic2848]

It's beautiful autumn leaves!❤❤

[@luckx9547]

I love driving around cities. Thais channel is awesome

[@larswietfeld6776]

Very nice Our Plan for Holiday in America this Year was destroyed through corona :( Greetings from Germany

[@7389]

Beautiful, thank you!

[@Richie016]

Amazingly Memorable.

[@erinya2758]

wow.where have you been. donot get lost like that.nice vid.

[@luissanches23]

Lindo as cidadezinhas e a vegetação, thanks for the video :)

[@Coalbucketlist]

Anyone else's ears popping after Gatlinburg? I sure do miss it there.

[@jalcanites2939]

I did some stretches of this drive last month. My wife and I visited the Greenville/Spartanburg area. We did a side trip to Gatlinburg on our way back to MD. We plan to retire in the Greenville/Spartanburg area in a couple of years.

[@gustavolopes09]

Lovely footage

[@ahmadefendi8603]

very beautiful road I hope to cross that road, greetings from me Indonesia

[@FLrebel64]

That was a Beautiful Drive through the Great Smoky Mountains! Thank You! The only thing this video was missing is the relaxing music I would be listening to on this drive. I was there last in October 2017. But haven't been able to get back there since.

[@honza45699]

Awesome vid bro

[@dawidkowalski6568]

Love the longer video

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Beautiful park hopefully I can make a video there one day too! I’m loving your stuff keep it coming!

[@ANONYMOUSBIKERUSA]

just rode this yesterday on my motorcycle! amazing 🤩

[@jutah]

wow i bet, that road is one thing the goverment is doing great at! credit where credit is due 😎

[@Route-cy6cx]

The US is such a large place hopefully I'll be able to do a road trip around all the states in the future

[@StreetFoodKC]

Beautiful video

[@texascharm8907]

I really enjoy It! Thank you :)