News and information about tourist communities bordering the Great Smokies such as Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Cherokee and Maggie Valley.
Gatlinburg held its 25th annual New Year’s Eve ball drop and fireworks show near the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail next to the base of the Space Needle. Attendees from as far away as Great Britain were shopping and listening to live music as midnight approached. >> Read Complete Article
There’s something eerie about skiing down a mountain and seeing the brown, bare ground flanking both sides of the trail. Yet the conditions at Cataloochee are surprisingly excellent from December through March. >> Read Complete Article
Ober Gatlinburg, Tennessee’s only ski resort, announced Friday that it will be opening its slopes for skiing on Sunday, December23. The recent colder temperatures have made it possible to create snow and open the slopes up to skiers. Spokesman Jim Davis said Ober had been making snow since Thursday afternoon and planned to continue making it
Gatlinburg will welcome the arrival of 2013 in unique style with its 25th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show around the intersection of Parkway and Historic Nature Trail at the base of the Space Needle late Saturday night, December 31. At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2013, the Space Needle
For the last 20 years, the Townsend in the Smokies Heritage Festival and Old Timer’s Day has brought visitors and East Tennessee natives together to celebrate fall and the Appalachian heritage that is still alive today in the Great Smoky Mountains. >> Read Complete Article
The Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival is a special event of the city of Gatinburg being held to “Celebrate Our Appalachian Musical Roots.” World renowned “HIT” makers and singer/songwriters will fill venues with ongoing performances in downtown Gatlinburg, Aug. 23-25. >> Read Complete Article
If things go as 805 Parkway Partners hope, downtown could become home to another chairlift. The proposed site plan, presented at Tuesday’s City Commission workshop to discuss the request for right-of-way usage, includes a restaurant, parking lot and chairlift up the mountainside, to a two-story structure consisting of a restaurant and gift shop. >> Read
Unto These Hills is the second oldest outdoor historical drama in the United States, opening on July 1, 1950 in Cherokee, North Carolina. Since then over six million visitors have been delighted by Unto These Hills. Only The Lost Colony outdoor drama in Manteo, North Carolina has run longer. The drama tells the story of
A recent study shows the impact of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s superlatives go beyond being the most visited national park in the system. It tops the other 397 parks in visitor spending, with a total that’s almost twice as high as its closes rival. >> Read Full Article
The construction hampering traffic at the Townsend entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park has, for the most part, ended. Traffic is again flowing in and out of the Park at regular speeds and in both lanes. There is no longer a signal controlling traffic. There are no more road-narrowing barriers. >>Read Complete Article
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