Question: The only North Carolina state park is known for the Great Smoky Mountains , which are a sub-range of which mountains ?

text: List of North Carolina state parks
State Trails
The North Carolina Trails System Act was passed in 1973 to help provide for the state 's outdoor recreation needs and to promote public access to natural and scenic areas . The act prescribed methods for establishing a statewide system of scenic trails , recreation trails , and connecting or side trails . The Trails System includes `` park trails '' , which are designated and managed as units of the State Parks System known as State Trails , and `` designated trails '' , which are managed by other governmental agencies or corporations . [ 1 ]
The State of North Carolina has a group of protected areas known as the North Carolina State Park System, which is managed by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation (NCDPR), an agency of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR). Units of the system can only be established by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina. The park system began in 1916 when the summit of Mount Mitchell became first state park in the Southeastern United States. According to the Division of Parks & Recreation, the State Parks Act of 1987 lists six types of units included in the NC State Parks System. These are State Parks, State Recreation Areas, State Natural Areas, State Lakes, State Trails, and State Rivers. All units of the system are owned and/or managed by the division, and the division leases some of the units to other agencies for operation. Most units of the park system are also components of State Nature and Historic Preserve.
State Trail Region Length Size Established Remarks
Deep River State Trail Piedmont 0 miles ( 0 km ) 1,274 acres ( 5.16 km ) 2007 Planned hiking and paddle along the Deep River
Fonta Flora State Trail Mountains 19 miles ( 31 km ) 90 acres ( 0.36 km ) 2015 Planned hiking and bicycling trail that will encircle the eastern half of Lake James
French Broad River State Trail Mountains 117 miles ( 188 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 1987 A paddle trail extending from the beginning of the French Broad River in Rosman , to I-40 in Asheville
Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail Mountains 0 miles ( 0 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 2017 A trail planned to encircle Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure
Mountains-to-Sea State Park Trail State 669 miles ( 1,077 km ) 778 acres ( 3.15 km ) 2000 The Mountains-to-Sea Trail ( MST ) is a Long-distance , hiking trail , which runs across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks . Still a work in progress , the trail will be approximately a 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) long when completed
Northern Peaks State Trail Mountains 0 miles ( 0 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 2019 A hiking trail planned to go over several mountain peaks from Rivers Park in Boone to Mount Jefferson State Natural Area
Overmountain Victory State Trail Mountains 49.5 miles ( 79.7 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 2019 The Overmountain Victory Trail roughly follows the historic route of the Overmountain Men on their march to the Battle of Kings Mountain
Wilderness Gateway State Trail Mountains 0 miles ( 0 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 2019 Proposed trail to connect the Overmountain Vicitory Trail , South Mountains State Park , Valdese , and Hickory
Yadkin River State Trail Piedmont 130 miles ( 210 km ) 0 acres ( 0 km ) 1987 This paddle trail is along a mostly free-flowing stretch of the Yadkin River between the W. Kerr Scott Dam and the beginning of High Rock Lake . There are only two small impoundments along the trail , and neither one creates a large reservoir