PARKING TAG BASICS
● Three tag durations are available for purchase for all vehicle sizes and types:
- Daily - $5
- Weekly - $15
- Annual - $40
● Parking tags are not replaceable, refundable, transferable, or upgradable.
● Each tag is valid for a single vehicle (including motorcycles, UTVs, and RVs) and must include a license plate number matching the vehicle in which it is displayed.
● Parking tags are available for purchase both online and onsite.
● Display of physical parking tags in each vehicle is required. Digital representations will not be accepted.
● Parking tags are not location-specific. A parking tag is required to park anywhere within the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
● Parking tags will not be required for motorists who pass through the area or who park for less than 15 minutes.
PARKING TAG PURCHASE OPTIONS
ONLINE PURCHASE & SHIP
Annual Parking Tags can be purchased online here:
https://smokiesinformation.org/product/annual-parking-tag
ONLINE PURCHASE & PRINT
Purchase daily or weekly parking tags online through recreation.gov
- Visitors MUST print and display their parking tag. Park staff will not print the tag for you.
- Visitors are required to enter the date of their visit and their license plate number at the time of purchase. Tags may be purchased six months in advance of your visit.
- Daily and weekly parking tags expire at 11:59pm ET on the date printed on the tag.
IN PERSON SALES LOCATIONS
- Gatlinburg Welcome Center - 1011 Banner Road, Gatlinburg, TN
- Sugarlands Visitor Center - 1420 Fighting Creek Gap Road, Gatlinburg, TN
- Greenbrier Grocery - 2406 E. Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN
- Townsend Visitor Center - 7606 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN
- Cades Cove Visitor Center - 686 Cades Cove Loop Road, Townsend, TN
- Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont - 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN
- Clingmans Dome Visitor Center - 7078 Clingmans Dome Road, Cherokee, NC
- Oconaluftee Visitor Center - 1194 Newfound Gap Highway, Cherokee, NC
- Swain County Visitor Center - 2 Everett Street, Bryson City, NC
- Visit NC Smokies Visitor Center - 91 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska, NC
AUTOMATED MACHINES
● Daily and weekly parking tags are available for purchase by credit card from automated fee machines available year round, 24 hours a day at various locations within the GSMNP.
● Daily and weekly parking tags purchased at Automated Fee Machines must be used starting on the date of purchase.
● Daily parking tags expire at 11:59pm ET on the date of purchase.
● Weekly parking tags expire at 11:59pm ET 7 days from the date of purchase.
● Full details about the Park It Forward program can be viewed here: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/fees.htm
ADDITIONAL INFO
Annual tags should be displayed on the lower passenger side windshield.
Weekly and daily tags will need to be displayed face-up on the front, lower passenger side dashboard.
GSMNP will participate in fee-free days, so guests will not need to display a parking tag on the following days:
- January 15 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..'s Birthday)
- First day of National Park Week (typically mid or late April)
- August 4 (anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act)
- 4th Saturday in September (National Public Lands Day)
- November 11 (Veterans Day)
Vehicles with state-issued disabled placards or license plates do not need to purchase a parking tag.
*Parking tags are not required to park in Mountain Shadows Resort