Info on great places to stay, eat and visit during your Smokies trip.
The two-year restoration of Alum Cave Trail recently announced by Great Smoky Mountains National Park began today (May 4). The trail and associated parking areas will be closed weekly from May 4 through Nov. 19, from 7 a.m. Monday through 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Due to the construction process on the narrow trail, a full closure
A Walk In The Woods is a full range tour guide service geared to making your time in the Smokies as wonderful as possible. Emphasizing the teaching of natural history, this is A Walk In The Woods‘ seventeenth year offering spectacular trips into the Smokies. Check out our interview with AWITW below…. 1) Can
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for the synchronous firefly viewing event in Elkmont. The ticketed event will take place from Tuesday, June 2 through Tuesday, June 9, 2015 All visitors wishing to view the synchronous fireflies must have a parking pass or register as a camper at the Elkmont Campground. Access
Officials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that Clingmans Dome Road will be opening this weekend beginning Friday, March 27 if weather permits. Recent warm weather has allowed park crews to prepare the road and facilities for its spring opening a few days ahead of schedule. The 7-mile road leading to Clingmans Dome
The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual five-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN.
There are many historic pioneer structures remaining in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and most of them are well known and heavily visited. One lonely cabin remains somewhat hidden however and is a bit of a secret from many of the millions of visitors to the Great Smokies. This wonderful treasure is known as
The Great Smoky Mountains contain an abundance of spectacular waterfalls that are well worth the time and effort required to visit them. Below are five of our favorite waterfalls in no particular order. If you haven’t yet make the trek to these spots yet then make plans to do so on your next trip to
Every stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open to fishing for the first time since 1934. Different streams have been unavailable to the public on and off since the park opened in 1934, and a recent reopening of 8.5 miles of Lynn Camp Prong was the last to be closed. The prong
All of the snow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has kept some tourists away but the ones WATE 6 On Your Side spoke with Wednesday say they love seeing the park look like a winter wonderland.
Distance: 1.5 miles. 0.2 mile side trip to Walker Sister Cabin. Difficulty: Easy Connections: Metcalf Bottoms Trail, Little Greenbrier Trail The Little Brier Gap Trail is a popular hike that leads by the old homesite of the famed Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier. To reach the trailhead travel up Wear Cove Gap Road from the
