March 10, 2010 – 10:44 am
Visit the Cosby area and discover this beautiful cascade that’s nearly 100 feet tall! Click here and find out how this waterfall and nearby creek may have come about their rather unflattering names…
Or watch the video on YouTube or iTunes!
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Also posted in Fall Leaf Color, Video
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Tagged Bear, Cosby, Fall, Fall Leaf Color, Fall Leaves, Funny, Gabes Mountain Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hen Wallow Falls, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Roostertown, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall
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February 12, 2010 – 11:31 pm
Come along with Elizabeth and Jill on a winter wonderland hike to Alum Cave Bluffs! Click here to see the video! It’s beautiful!
Or watch the video on YouTube!
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Also posted in Scenic Views, Video, Weather, Winter
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Tagged Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Icicle, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Winter
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January 29, 2010 – 3:48 pm
Freezing temperatures leave behind a strange wonderland of ice and snow in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Click here to see the frozen beauty of the Smokies!
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Also posted in Scenic Views, Video, Weather, Winter
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Tagged Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Little River, Little River Road, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Snow, Spruce Flats Falls, Waterfall
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December 23, 2009 – 5:20 pm
December 3 is a special day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the day that Wannetta Johnson brings a poinsettia to Park Headquarters. Click here or on the photo to find out why she has made this special trip every year for the past 35 years.
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Also posted in Appalachian Trail, Fascinating People, Ranger's Work is Never Done, Weather
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Tagged Appalachian Trail, AT, Eric Johnson, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Ranger, Rescue, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Wannetta Johnson
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November 23, 2009 – 9:20 am
A hike to Abrams Falls is the perfect centerpiece to a day spent in Cades Cove. Click here or on the photo to see why it has become one of the most popular trails in the park.
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Also posted in Fear, Loathing & Hiking, Hikes for Extremely Lazy People, Scenic Views, Video
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Tagged Abrams Creek, Abrams Falls, Cades Cove, Fall, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Waterfall
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September 29, 2009 – 1:27 pm
Eighty years after its completion, Horace Kephart’s previously unpublished novel, Smoky Mountain Magic, has been released by Great Smoky Mountains Association. Click here or on the photo to hear the journey of the novel with Libby Kephart Hargrave, the author’s great-granddaughter.
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Tagged 75th Anniversary, Adventure, Bryson City, Bryson Place, Deep Creek, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Horace Kephart, Novel, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Smoky Mountain Magic
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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 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 [...]