Info on great places to stay, eat and visit during your Smokies trip.
Wilderness Wildlife Week celebrates all things wild and wonderful in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In its 24th year, this free event features eight days of hikes, seminars, performances and family-friendly fun designed to highlight the natural, cultural and historical landscape of the park and region. >> Read Complete Article
Great Smoky Mountains National Park continually looks to the past for guidance on maintaining and preserving its historic structures — many from the 1800s — into the future. “There are almost a hundred historic structures in the park,” said park spokeswoman Molly Schroer. “We have a very small crew considering the large amount of work
Work will begin Jan. 5 on a road stabilization project to repair a slide area along Newfound Gap Road. The area is on the North Carolina side of the park, about 1 mile south of Newfound Gap parking area, just south of the Deep Creek Trailhead. The work will continue into May. >> Read Complete
The smell of fresh-cooked chili accompanied the sights and sounds of the season Wednesday night in Gatlinburg as the city hosted its annual Gatlinburg Winter Magic event as a kickoff to Smoky Mountain Winterfest. The 24th Annual Chili Cookoff and Winter Magic Kickoff featured the ceremonial lighting of over three million lights and a little
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced Friday its list of closures and hours for the winter months. Park officials said as cooler weather approaches, various facilities and services will close, including campgrounds, picnic areas and visitor services. VISITOR CENTERS Hours through Dec. 1 Sugarlands Visitor Center (located 2 miles south of Gatlinburg): 8
(AP) The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will reopen for five days during the busy fall tourism season with the help of money from both Tennessee and North Carolina, officials say. The park, which straddles the border of the two states, will reopen Wednesday through Sunday. Like other national parks, it had been closed because
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains closed to visitors, but that soon may change. The park’s closing is probably the biggest impact of the partial government shutdown felt in East Tennessee, causing business to forfeit tourism dollars during their busiest season. “To see us out of business or almost out of business is really
The tourism industry in Western North Carolina is not letting the shut down of visitor facilities on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park or national forests in the region darken their spirits as the mountains head into the busiest tourism time of the year. Tourism leaders — chambers of commerce directors, visitors
Campgrounds, picnic areas, rest rooms, visitor centers and trail heads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are being shuttered because of the U.S. government shutdown, which began Tuesday (Oct. 1). The timing couldn’t be worse for area businesses dependent on tourism. More than 1.1 million people visit the Park each October. >> Read Complete Article
A looming government shutdown scheduled to start 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, would have a major impact on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, during its second busiest month of the year. Park spokesperson Dana Soehn told 10News Sunday that most park facilities, roads and campgrounds would close if a shutdown were to occur. However, she said
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