Even with a possible glitch in counting the number of visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains, there’s an overall increase in the number of people coming to the national park, officials said. Records show a 15.1 percent increase in visitors in June of this year over last June, and a 3.3 percent overall increase for
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 to
The Appalachian Trail was socked in by clouds the morning Glenn Taylor went looking for the spruce-fir moss spider. Just north of Clingmans Dome, he stopped to inspect a north-facing boulder covered in bright green moss. “These spiders are tiny, but they’re out there,” said Taylor, a biologist with Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “You
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
