Info on great places to stay, eat and visit during your Smokies trip.
A recent uptick in bear sightings has prompted Gatlinburg officials to issue a reminder to locals and visitors alike to watch out for bears and avoid any interaction with them. City officials are concerned for the safety of the bears and humans and issued a reminder of six basics for safe human-bear interaction: Never feed
Dollywood’s annual Harvest Festival will kick off on Friday, September 24 and run through October 30. Favorite events include the family-friendly Great Pumpkin LumiNights. The Great Pumpkin LumiNight provides family-friendly harvesttime events and memories of guests. Families can stroll through displays in Dollywood’s Timber Canyon, Wilderness Pass, and upper Craftsman’s Valley areas. The festival will
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that they will be closing the Heintooga Round Bottom Road for maintenance during the weekdays starting Monday, Sept. 13 through Friday, Sept. 24. The road along tne Tennessee-North Carolina border will be open during the weekend. The closure will allow crews to safely operate large equipment along
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has implemented a “pilot project” to charge visitors $14 to park near Laurel Falls, a popular waterfall near Gatlinburg. The National Park Service says the “congestion management project” will operate through Oct. 3. “During the pilot project, trailhead parking will be provided by reservation only and no parking will be
On a two-lane road leading to Acadia national park’s picturesque Bass Harbor head lighthouse, traffic has come to a standstill. A row of cars wait to enter the parking lot, with one local turning around altogether to try again on a less crowded day. Visitors have flooded national parks this summer as Covid-19 regulations eased
On Thursday, an esteemed Tennessee park won more awards than any other park during the Golden Ticket Awards virtual ceremony. Dollywood, a famed park known for its theme park rides, music and water attractions, won four Golden Ticket Awards and earned finalist placement in several categories. >> READ COMPLETE ARTICLE
Big changes are underway for the cabins at historic Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Funding is now in place to make progress on the plans unveiled in 2009 to preserve 19 cabins and destroy 55 others. Since those plans were announced, the Appalachian Clubhouse and Spence Cabin were restored in 2012 while
A new satellite view of the Smoky Mountains shows the blue mist that gives the region its name. The image, shared by NASA’s Earth Observatory, is a best-pixel image of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in east Tennessee. That means that it’s made up of the most cloud-free pixels taken from the Landsat 5 and
Gatlinburg, Tenn., is trying to recover after a devastating wildfire swept through the town at the base of the Smoky Mountains. Officials have charged two teenagers with arson, for allegedly starting the fire that destroyed or damaged at least 2,400 buildings and killed 14 people. Many worry it will also hinder one of the largest
Flames tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Tourists and residents scrambled Monday night and early Tuesday to outrun the blaze, which was pushed from the Great Smoky Mountains National
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