Friends of the Smokies license plates in Tennessee and North Carolina drive improvements all across Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Find out here how to get your very own.

Let us know if you have a Friends of the Smokies license plate, and we’ll mail you a complimentary one-year membership card (which gives you great Smokies discounts) and a Friends of the Smokies decal. If you prefer, you can also give this one-year complimentary membership to a friend. Click here to get started!

FRIENDS OF THE SMOKIES LICENSE PLATE - NORTH CAROLINA

With more than 20,000 on the road, the Friends of the Smokies plate with the iconic black bear in front of vibrant green mountains is one of the most popular specialty license plates in North Carolina. Of the extra $30 annual fee for the specialty tag, $20 goes to support projects and programs in the North Carolina portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, bringing in over $400,000 annually. Plates may be purchased independently of a vehicle’s registration.

 

You can order your NC Friends of the Smokies plate by:

 

• Stopping in at your local NC DMV Office
• Ordering online from the NC DMV
• Printing the application below and mailing it with your check to Friends of the Smokies Automobile application

 

For more information about Friends of the Smokies North Carolina bear plate, please email our North Carolina Director Holly Demuth.

 

To learn more about the ways your North Carolina Friends of the Smokies plate impacts your national park click here.

Already have a North Carolina Friends of the Smokies plate? Click here.