August 26, 2009 – 7:35 am
Come with Valerie for a tour down this quiet road that’s one of the Smokies’ best-kept secrets! Click here or on the photo to view the video.
Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video controls.
Posted in Auto Tours in the Great Smoky Mountains, Video, Wildflowers
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Tagged Balsam Mountain Road, Beech, Big Cove Road, Birch, Cherokee, Deciduous, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Heintooga, Logging, North Carolina, Northern Hardwood Forest, Railroad, Round Bottom, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Straight Fork, Wildflowers
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August 21, 2009 – 3:17 pm
Ever hear of a “stranger room”? Do you know how a spring house works? Come along with Elizabeth and Jill as they explore Cades Cove, one of the most visited places in all the National Parks. Click here or on the photo to view the video.
To see the complete three part Auto Tour of Cades [...]
Posted in Auto Tours in the Great Smoky Mountains, Video
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Tagged Auto Tour, Barn, Bear, Bears, Bicycle, Black Bear, Black Bears, Cabin, Cades Cove, Church, Coyote, Deer, Drive, Elijah Oliver, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, John Oliver, Loop, Rich Mountain Road, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Spring House, Stranger Room
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August 21, 2009 – 8:57 am
Ivonne Camp of the Retired Citizens of Gatlinburg Hiking Club (a wonderful group) took this photo of a bizarre mushroom in the park.
August 14, 2009 – 1:15 pm
Flowers of pink, red, orange, purple, yellow, white, and some colors that are hard to describe! All these can be found in the park right now. Click here or on the photo to view the video.
Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand corner of the video [...]
Posted in Video, Wildflowers
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Tagged August, Bloom, Cardinal Flower, Crane-fly Orchid, Flowers, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Joe Pye, Michaux's Saxifrage, Orchid, Pink Turtlehead, Southern Harebell, Summer, Turk's Cap Lily, Turtlehead, Wildflowers
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If you’ve seen Cataract or Laurel Falls on an average Summer day, you won’t believe how they looked after the heavy downpour we had last Friday! Click here or on the photo to view the video.
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Posted in Video, Weather
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Tagged Cataract Falls, Laurel Falls, Rain, River, Shower, Stream, Summer, Water, Waterfall, Weather, Wet
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August 3, 2009 – 12:59 pm
Discover Life in America (DLIA) facilitates and coordinates the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This is one of the world’s biggest and most ambitious science projects.
DLIA is hosting the 1st ever “Discover Biodiversity at LeConte Lodge” with a guided hike and overnight stay.
It includes a guided hike up Alum Cave [...]
Want to see what it was like on June 13, 2009, when 6,500 people came to Cades Cove to celebrate the park’s 75th Anniversary with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra? Click here or on the photo to view the video.
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Posted in 75th Anniversary, Video
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Tagged 75th Anniversary, Cades Cove, Event, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, KSO, Music, Smokey Mountains, Smokies
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Wednesday morning brought 33 degree temperatures to Mt. Le Conte–a record for July. Click here or on the photo to see some hikers who made it back down from a chilly night on Mt. Le Conte and some who were taking advantage of the excellent daytime weather.
Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking [...]
Posted in Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mountain Voices: Interviews With Locals and Visitors, Video, Weather
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Tagged Alum Cave, Alum Cave Bluff, Great, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Le Conte, Le Conte Lodge, Record, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Temperature
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