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    • Backcountry Campsites, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Metadata Updated: February 12, 2024

    Many people enjoy the solitude and primitive experience of camping away from developed campgrounds and other campers. Dispersed camping is the term used for camping anywhere in Great Smoky Mountains National Park OUTSIDE of a designated campground. Dispersed camping means no services; such as trash removal, and little or no facilities; such as tables and fire pits, are provided. Some popular dispersed camping areas may have toilets.There are extra responsibilities and skills that are necessary for dispersed camping. It is your responsibility to know these before you try this new experience. Camping rules and regulations apply to make your experience safe, and to keep the natural resources scenic and unspoiled for other campers. These are Primitive Tent Site–a designated tent site of an undeveloped character providing space for few tents, which may have an associated pit privy and fire ring, designed to accommodate a minimum of people on a temporary or transient basis, and located so as to accommodate the need for shelter in a manner least intrusive on the surrounding environment.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=csv&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27)
    https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.zip
    https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.geojson
    https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411
    https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.csv
    https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=shp&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27)
    https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=geojson&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27)
    https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2202804
    https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.kml
    https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=kml&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27)

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI EDI

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2024
    Publisher National Park Service
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2015-10-31
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    Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
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    Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2202804
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 010:118, 010:119
    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > National Park Service
    Related Documents https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=csv&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27), https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.zip, https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.geojson, https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411, https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.csv, https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=shp&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27), https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=geojson&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27), https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2202804, https://grsm-nps.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0fde4d0ff01e40b3bea20f712b319411_0.kml, https://nps.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?filename=Back%20Country%20Camp%20Sites&format=kml&q=SELECT+*+FROM+points_of_interest%20WHERE%20lower(unit_code)=lower(%27grsm%27)%20AND%20lower(type)=lower(%27Campsite%27)
    Source Datajson Identifier True
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    Temporal 2018-07-09T12:00:00Z/2018-07-09T12:00:00Z

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