Temporary Closure of Laurel Falls Trail November 4-5, 2019

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Nov. 4, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

Laurel Falls Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed on November 4-5, 2019, to allow road crews to pave the trail’s parking areas on each side of Fighting Creek Gap Road. This temporary closure allows contractors to safely operate equipment in the vicinity of the trailhead. Work is expected to take all day Monday and Tuesday, and the trail will reopen Wednesday morning, November 6, weather permitting.

For more information about road conditions, please visit the park website at https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/temproadclose.htm or follow SmokiesRoadsNPS on Twitter.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service