Info on great places to stay, eat and visit during your Smokies trip.
Interest in the expected leaf color season in the Smokies remains evergreen. So do the questions of when, where and why concerning the change. According to Park officials, all colors develop above 4,000 feet from early to mid-October. The typical peak of fall leaf color at the lower elevations, Cades Cove and Townsend, is between
Entertainment legend Dolly Parton announced plans for $300 million in capital investments in The Dollywood Company over the next 10 years. The investment includes new attractions, resorts and the creation of more than 2,500 jobs. Construction is under way on the new FireChaser Express rollercoaster, opening in March 2014 at Dollywood. To mark the company’s
On September 27 and 28, the quiet, mountain community of Townsend, Tenn. will come alive with Appalachian celebrations at various locations throughout the town. The flagstone event, the Townsend in the Smokies Heritage Festival and Old Timer’s Day, will once again showcase bluegrass music, clogging and square dancing, arts and crafts, demonstrations, and Southern cuisine
Ole Smoky Moonshine celebrates Appalachian heritage with this event featuring authentic moonshine stills and bootlegger cars, stories by moonshiners and the law enforcement officers that chased them, a Moonshine Run through county back roads, corn hole tournaments, mountain music and moonshine crawl. When September 26, 2013 – September 28, 2013 Where Ole Smoky Moonshine 903
Here comes the Elk Bike Patrol! With a $1,000 grant from the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority to Friends of the Smokies, the Elk Bugle Corps has a more visible presence in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year. The TDA grant funds the new Elk Bike Patrol, providing safety uniform
We are attracted to water. Mountain paths always wind down to water — springs, branches, creeks and rivers. Water is the essence of our very being here in the mountains. Deep Creek on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park probably has as much or more to offer in the way
Moonshine tasting, live and silent auctions, hikes, talks, hunts, BBQ, dancing and star gazing are just a few of the activities planned for Great Smoky Mountains Association’s Membership Appreciation Weekend September 13-15 in Townsend, TN. “Our theme this year is ‘Celebrating 60 Years of Support’ of Great Smoky Mountains National Park,” said GSMA’s marketing and
In what was promoted as the biggest news in Dollywood history, Dolly Parton Wednesday announced a $300 million investment in the entertainment complex. About half of that will go toward a 300-room resort hotel, called Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort. It will open in summer 2015 on 100 acres near the water park Dollywood’s Splash Country. The
Repaving of the Gatlinburg Bypass in the Smoky Mountains will be done around tourism demands. The National Park Service announced Wednesday that a contractor will begin milling and repaving the road on Monday. The bypass will be closed to all traffic from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. each weekday, starting Sunday night and ending Friday
Parts of Greenbrier Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed over the next couple of weeks for repairs. The road was severely damaged by flooding last winter. Parts of the roadway were completely washed out, exposing underlying rock and damaging culverts. >> Read Complete Article
