As Halloween approaches and the time comes for telling ghost stories around the campfire, remember the Cherokee legend of Spearfinger, a shape-shifting witch with stone skin and a long obsidian spear in place of one …
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 …
Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health authorities, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is increasing access to additional campgrounds and picnic areas. …
There’s a war at work in the high country along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. The war began before there was a Tennessee, before there were Carolinas. The war was waging before European settlers set foot …
I’m not normally an outdoorsy kind of girl. Of course you might have already gathered this based off of my decision to wear a bright-pink mini skirt to a National Park. So as you might …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking public input on a proposed mountain bike trail system. The trail system would be installed on the unfinished section of the Foothills Parkway corridor in Wears Valley, …
“There is nothing so American as our national parks … The fundamental idea behind the parks … is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment …
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