Info on great places to stay, eat and visit during your Smokies trip.
A new National Park Service report shows that the 9.3 million visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2013 spent $734 million in communities near the park, which helped support 10,734 jobs. The 2013 economic benefit figures are slightly lower than the 2012 results, which reported that visitors spent $741 million in local communities.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Historic Preservation Crew announced an updated timeline for repairs to the Hiram Caldwell House in Cataloochee in addition to upcoming closures for the Noah Bud Ogle Cabin along Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and partial closures along the flagstone walkways at Newfound Gap. >> Read Complete Article
It seems the western North Carolina amusement park, Ghost Town in the Sky will no longer be a ‘ghost town’ as owners promise new attractions in the coming months. “The museum, the walking trails, all the shops on the mountain,” Alaska Presley explained some of the features of the park — located 4,400 feet above
Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have closed a couple of trails after two women reported an encounter with a bear. The park has closed Twin Creeks Trail, the Noah Bud Ogle Cabin and the Noah Bud Ogle Nature Trail until further notice, according to a news release from the park. According to
Snake are out in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and rangers say there are a few things you should know before your next hike or camping trip. Bill and Erika Gerth said they saw several snakes during several days of hiking in the national park. >> Read Complete Article
Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers overnight camping opportunities galore. “There are a lot of good choices,” Park spokeswoman Caitlin Worth said. “I feel one of my favorites is doable as a one-night trip, but a lot of people do it as two nights — the loop out of Big Creek going up Baxter Creek
Visitors to the nation’s parks last year found high grass, shuttered buildings and closed campgrounds under the mandatory federal budget cuts known as the sequester. But this spring, as Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway plan their openings, everything is back to normal — as normal as it was two years ago,
In Sevier County, one mountain looms over the rest. Its dark grey outline dominates the mountain skyline for miles around. In the winter, it’s frequently covered with a white, snowy veneer. You can see it from miles away as you drive Interstate 40 toward Sevierville, and on clear days it’s visible from downtown Knoxville. Over
Planning a trip to the Smokies’ most visited spot, Cades Cove? Need a quick reference for hiking and biking trails around Blount County? Two free new apps are available to help guide you. The Blount Partnership recently launched a driving tour mobile app that provides a history of Cades Cove, GPS mapping, voice narration and
(WATE.com) One northbound lane of the Spur in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed weekdays from Monday, Jan. 27 through Thursday, Feb. 6 for utility work. The closure will affect the right-hand northbound late of the Spur for approximately one mile from the Gatlinburg city boundary to Legion Bridge. Sevier County Electric
