<P> The Great Smoky Mountains stretch from the Pigeon River in the northeast to the Little Tennessee River to the southwest . The northwestern half of the range gives way to a series of elongate ridges known as the `` Foothills , '' the outermost of which include Chilhowee Mountain and English Mountain . The range is roughly bounded on the south by the Tuckasegee River and to the southeast by Soco Creek and Jonathan Creek . The Great Smokies comprise parts of Blount County , Sevier County , and Cocke County in Tennessee and Swain County and Haywood County in North Carolina . </P>
where does the smoky mountains begin and end
from the Pigeon River in the northeast to the Little Tennessee River to the southwest