Left to its own devices, time undoes the works of man. So it is that the mountains are taking back what an eccentric, wealthy Yale graduate from Cincinnati wrought in the rock and forest in …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the world with 12.5 million visitors in 2019. And with 2020 changing the way we live – and the way we vacation …
If you’ve ever heard of the Great Smoky Mountains, you’ve probably heard of Clingmans Dome. Being the highest point in the most visited national park will grant you that kind of notoriety. But with great …
If you’re looking for a great story to tell by the campfire, remember the Cherokee legend of Spearfinger: A shape-shifting witch with stone skin and a long obsidian spear in place of one of the …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Zone fire management staff, plan to burn approximately 689 acres of fields in Cades Cove this week. Cades Cove is an isolated valley in …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced earlier this week that they had found missing hiker, Fred Braden Jr. of Powell, Tenn. after being reported missing Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. The park, located on …
They say the beauty of the leaves of the Great Smoky Mountains in the fall is due to the diversity of trees in the forest. The dozens of varieties of trees create a living kaleidoscope, …
As Halloween approaches, thoughts shift to candy, costumes and pumpkin spice. As we have with many of the old traditions, we’ve slowly chipped away at the ancient beliefs, leaving only the shining veneer of modernity. …
It’s easy to be brave in the light of day, wandering the empty lodges of Elkmont, the former logging town and resort community near the Sevier-Blount county line in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. …
Nearly everyone who has visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is familiar with Clingmans Dome. Completed in 1959, Clingmans Dome Observation Tower is the highest point in the Smoky Mountains standing at over 6,000 …
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