Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§403f Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Extension of Boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter XLVI— SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403f

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Extends the park boundary recommended in the Secretary of the Interior’s April 14, 1926 report eastward. The new line runs from a point on top of the Balsam Mountains at the Swain–Haywood County line just north of Black Camp Gap, then east along the ridge to Jonathan Knob and Hemphill Bald, along the ridge through Camp Gap to Bent Knee Knob, and then along the main ridge to Cataloochee Creek until it meets the original boundary. Lands inside that new boundary, or parts of them, can be accepted for the United States under sections 403 and 403a–403c and added to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Title 16, §403f

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The boundary limits of the tract of land in the Great Smoky Mountains in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in his report of April 14, 1926, for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, are extended to include lands adjacent to the east boundary as defined in said report to a line approximately as follows: From a point on top of the Balsam Mountains at the boundary of Swain and Hayward Counties just north of Black Camp Gap; thence following east the top of the mountain range to Jonathan Knob and Hemphill Bald; thence along top of ridge through Camp Gap to Bent Knee Knob; thence following the main ridge to Cataloochee Creek to a point on the boundary of the area described in report of the Secretary of the Interior of April 14, 1926; and the lands within said boundary extension, or any part thereof, may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the provisions of section 403 and 403a to 403c of this title for inclusion in the area to be known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403f

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60