🍂 Most places get one week of fall color. The Great Smoky Mountains get five — and the science behind it is as beautiful as the view itself. The secret is elevation. The park rises nearly five thousand feet from valley floor to ridgeline, and autumn color follows the cold downhill — week by week, species by species, from the high balds in late September all the way to the coves in early November. Clingmans Dome goes first. Then Andrews Bald. Then the hardwoods in the hollows catch fire, and by
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🍂 Most places get one week of fall color. The Great Smoky Mountains get five — and the science behind it is as beautiful as the view itself. The secret is elevation. The park rises nearly five thousand feet from valley floor to ridgeline, and autumn color follows the cold downhill — week by week, species by species, from the high balds in late September all the way to the coves in early November. Clingmans Dome goes first. Then Andrews Bald. Then the hardwoods in the hollows catch fire, and by
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