What you need to know about paying to park in the Great Smoky Mountains

In April 2022, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park released a proposal for a new program called Park It Forward. It would introduce a parking tag system to the Smokies, charging visitors for the first time to leave their cars and giving the park a new revenue source.

Now, a little less than a year after the idea was introduced, the Park It Forward program is starting in the Great Smoky Mountains.