A Mountain Sanctuary Marker

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Cherokee in Swain County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

A Mountain Sanctuary

By Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

1. A Mountain Sanctuary Marker

Inscription. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a sanctuary. This is one of the few places in the eastern United States where animal populations can live, propagate, and die with relatively little influence from humans. Plants flourish in untold numbers and often achieve record size. Gene pools are remarkably diverse. Some species here are rare or endangered, and new species may yet be discovered.

These mountains have also become a refuge for humans. But a natural area like this benefits people far beyond the simple pleasure of being in an unspoiled forest. It provides clean water to nourish communities, and a diversity of life that helps make our world so interesting. Many have called the Great Smokies a living laboratory, providing a standard to help monitor the health of the world's environment.

"Man has created some lovely dwellings-
some soul-stirring literature.
He has done much
to alleviate physical pain.
But he has not...
created a substitute for a sunset,
a grove of pines,
the music of the winds,
the dank smell of the deep forest,
or the shy beauty of a wildflower."
Harvey Broome, Naturalist

Erected by National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

Location. 35°

By Bill Coughlin, August 6, 2012

2. A Mountain Sanctuary Marker

36.636′ N, 83° 25.543′ W. Marker is in Cherokee, North Carolina, in Swain County. Marker is on U.S. 441. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cherokee NC 28719, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a few steps from this marker); Land of Blue Smoke (within shouting distance of this marker); People of the Mountains (within shouting distance of this marker); Land of Diversity (within shouting distance of this marker in Tennessee); “To the free people of America” (within shouting distance of this marker in Tennessee); The Appalachian Trail (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); The Great Smokies (about 300 feet away); Rockefeller Memorial (about 400 feet away in Tennessee). Click for a list of all markers in Cherokee.

By Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

3. A Mountain Sanctuary Marker

"Man has created some lovely dwellings - some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not... created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wildflower." Harvey Broome, Naturalist

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 18, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 768 times since then. Photos: 1. submitted on June 18, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 2. submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. 3. submitted on June 18, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.