<P> The name `` Smoky '' comes from the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from a distance . This fog is caused by the vegetation exhaling volatile organic compounds , chemicals that have a high vapor pressure and easily form vapors at normal temperature and pressure . </P>
how did the smoky mountains get their name
the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from a distance