Students and teachers can now enjoy a fun, educational virtual field trip to the Smokies. While filming this in-depth educational program in the park, a wild bear surprised everyone by visiting the film set. Click here or on the photo to see what happened when the bear tried to steal the show.
Not exactly, but you’d be surprised at how creative bears can be when searching for food. Click here or on the photo to see how these bears tear apart a fallen tree to get to the goodies inside! Closed captioning is available for this video by clicking the caption button in the lower right-hand [...]
Being a Mama Bear is hard work. Deb Campbell took this great photo of Mama catching a quick snooze twenty feet in the air in Cades Cove.
Dawn Roark, Manager of GSMA’s Cades Cove and Townsend stores, took these photos of a bear family (a mother with 3 cubs) “vacationing” in Cades Cove.
A few days ago, a little cub fell out of its den. The den was dug out on the side of a really steep hill in the park. The little cub slid down the hill and couldn’t get back up. Tourists with extremely bad judgment kept chasing the mother away from the cub while they [...]
Mari and a hundred of her closest friends see a bear! Check it out.
This is a picture taken by Ann Froschauer of a bear being careful not to fall into the water as he hops on rocks. Ann spotted the bear while hiking with Missy Kane and the Friends of the Smokies on Old Sugarlands Trail.
Visit the Mount Cammerer firetower, one of the few remaining lookout towers in the Smokies! There are several trails to the Cammerer firetower, but all of them are long and steep (the shortest route is over ten miles round trip)… just take it easy and stop frequently, because it’s definitely worth the climb. And [...]