Information about camping, hiking, fishing. etc. in the Great Smokies National Park.
Located in Little Greenbrier, the Walker Sisters cabin, was the home to six sisters. Built in the mid-1800’s by the maternal grandfather of the sisters, Wiley King, and added on to in the 1870’s by John Walker, the cabin has been preserved on its original site. John and his wife Margaret reared four sons and
The Great Smokies is a very popular destination for fishermen of all ages. Flyfishing is especially popular in the over 2,100 miles of streams within the boundaries of the Smoky Mountains. In fact, the Smokies protects one of the last wild trout habitats in the eastern United States. But fishing in the Smokies isn’t limited
Located just a few miles from Gatlinburg, Laurel Falls is without a doubt the most visited waterfall in the Great Smoky Mountains. A 1.3 mile paved trail leads to the falls and on most days you’ll have plenty of company on the trail unless you visit early in the morning or in the offseason. The
Located near the beginning of the Cades Cove Loop Road, the John Oliver Cabin was built in the early 1820’s by John and Lucretia Oliver, the first permanent white settlers of Cades Cove. A short trail leading from a parking area off the Cades Cove Loop Road will lead you back to the John Oliver
Without a doubt the most famous inhabitant of the Great Smoky Mountains is the Black Bear. It’s estimated that roughly 1,800 inhabit the park. Black bears average 200 to 400 pounds in weight and can reach six feet in length. Among the best places to see black bears in the Smoky Mountains and are in
Noah “Bud” Ogle and his wife Cindy first settled in what is now Gatlinburg in 1879. On their 400 acre farm they built the cabin that still stands near downtown Gatlinburg. Located on Airport Road near the start of the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, the Ogle cabin is a great place to visit toÂ
Paving work on Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is at a stand still. Park officials said the contractor has been suspended from finishing the project due to safety and performance issues. FULL ARTICLE
WBIR-TV – Knoxville Troutfest 2010 attracted lots of tourists to Townsend and netted tens of thousands of dollars this weekend for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “We doubled the number of vendors compared to last year’s Troutfest,” said Byron Begley, chairman of Troutfest 2010. “We don’t have all the numbers in right now, but
Asheville Citizen-Times – A park visitor sustained a minor injury when he was bitten on the foot by a black bear while hiking the popular Laurel Falls Trail in the national park. In his effort to photograph the bear, the visitor allowed it to approach within inches and the bear bit the man’s foot, leaving
More species of plants are present in the Great Smokies than anywhere else in North America. There are over 1,500 species of of flowering plants and fungi and 130 species of trees (almost as much as in all of Europe). Meanwhile over 60 species of mammals, close to 70 species of fish and around 80
