Category Archives: Events

Cades Cove Reopens!

 

Saturday, April 24 was the official reopening ceremony for Cades Cove! Visitors came out to walk, run, hike, and, of course, bike the 11-mile freshly paved road that is the most-visited place in the park. Click here to see what they had to say about it!

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A Year in the Smokies: 2009

 

Experience a year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film. Take a look back to the many places 2009 has taken our video blog. Click here or on the photo to see it all.

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Cades Cove Apple Butter & Sorghum Making

The whole family will enjoy demonstrations held in Cades Cove of how food was made in the good old days in the Smokies.
Apple butter making will take place on October 17 (weather permitting). Sorghum making will take place on November 6, 7 & 8.

Water Wonders Workshop September 19

Wading for Watermites and More
Join Discover Life in America for the opportunity to glimpse the biodiversity of the bottom of streams through a hands-on experience in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday, September 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will take place at Sugarlands Visitor Center and the Twin Creeks [...]

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Mountain Life Festival, September 19

 

Saturday, September 19, the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee will be the site of the Mountain Life Festival, where living history demonstrations will show many of the tasks past residents performed to sustain a living here in these mountains. Click here or on the photo to view the video.