Information about camping, hiking, fishing. etc. in the Great Smokies National Park.
Cades Cove is the most-visited location in the Great Smoky Mountains and it’s also home to one of the largest campgrounds. The Cades Cove campground consists of 159 sites and is open year round. Tents and RVs up to 35 feet can be used in the campground. The popular facility provides flush toilets, drinking water
Spruce Flats Falls is a beautiful waterfall located in the Tremont section of the Great Smoky Mountains. The trail to reach the falls begins at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. The open, flat area which the institute occupies is known as “Walker Fields” and was named for Will Walker who first settled there
Elijah Oliver, the son of John and Lucretia Oliver, was born in Cades Cove in 1824. Today you can visit the old Elijah Oliver Place via a short, easy 1.0 mile roundtrip walk from the Cades Cove Loop Road. Elijah moved his family out of the cove prior to the Civil War but later bought
Former residents of Cades Cove shared their experiences and their fondest memories of living there during the final day of the annual Winter Heritage Festival of the Smokies Sunday afternoon. >> Read Complete Article
Built in 1889, the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church stands as a reminder of days gone by in the Great Smoky Mountains. Located 2.0 miles back the Little Cataloochee Trail, the small, white church sits atop a ridge off to the left of the trail. A tall belfry, which was added around 1914, still houses a
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is beginning a new program that allows nearby residents, business people, teachers and community members to see the everyday workings of the national park. >> Read Complete Article
Logging long stretches in the backcountry of the Cataloochee Valley area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Western Carolina University biology graduate student Elizabeth Hillard is performing research that will help park personnel manage resources in regard to the park’s growing population of elk. >> Read Complete Article
When February 13 rolls around the National Park Service will begin charging a backcountry camping fee for all those wishing to camp overnight in the Great Smoky Mountains backcountry. The fee will be $4 per person per night in order to use the park’s backcountry campsites and shelters. The money collected from the fees will
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the home to the biggest concentration of Black Bears in the US. Pollution from visitors and their vehicles are threatening the bears and other native wildlife. >> Read Complete Article
The Sugarlands Visitor Center undergo renovations between January 7 – March 31, 2013. The center will remain open as work is done to improve the layout of the main lobby and visitor services. Sugarlands Visitor Center is one of the most visited spots in the Great Smoky Mountains drawing 850,000 visitors per year. >> More
