The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920. The forest is maintained and managed by the United States Forest Service. It encompasses an estimated area of 655,598 acres.
Location: Polk, Monroe, Carter, Unicoi, Cocke, Johnson, Greene, Sullivan, Washington and McMinn counties in Tennessee, and Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
Established: June 14, 1920
Nearest city: Elizabethton, Johnson City, Newport
Area: 655,598 acres (2,653.11 km²)
Visitors: 2,875,000 (in 2017)
Governing body: United States Forest Service (USFS)
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