Rod's Guide to the Smoky Mountains is a monthly magazine and complete travel planning guide devoted to the recreational and outdoor opportunities of the Great Smoky Mountains area. Check the table of contents. You'll notice from that point of departure you can access the major segments in each issue of Rod's Guide. This issue contains more than 300 pages and nearly 400 images to illustrate the many recreational opportunities in the Smokies.With more than 2,000 choices of a place to lay your head and a wide choice offine dining, shopping adventures, attractions and sites, Rod's Guide offers the most complete Smoky Mountains travel resource available.

Our goal is simple: To ensure your enjoyment and to consistently bring you back to Rod's Guide, we will strive to have something interesting and useful to say, and to say it in a straightforward way. Navigation will be simple and intuitive. If we don't meet our goal, we expect to hear from you--most features include an "email" or "feedback" form through which you can share your ideas, comments, and suggestions.

The challenge for us will be to provide fresh, substantive materiel for each issue. The good news is: we have a number of writers and photographers preparing some good stuff as you read this. However, we would also like to issue an open call to writers, photographers, and artists to submit your work to Rod's Guide.