Sparks Lane in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Sparks Lane in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (© Richard Bernabe/Shutterstock)
The road not taken
Let's take a stroll down Sparks Lane, a gem situated within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA. Established in 1934, the park encompasses over 2114 square kilometres of wilderness. The forests, which cover most of the park, are home to 1,500 species of flowering plants, 952 algae, 65 species of mammals and over 240 species of birds, making it an International Biosphere Reserve.
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