Newfound Gap was a busy place on Saturday with everyone taking the opportunity to see the snow that had piled up during the week. Click here to see what it looked like as the clouds rolled in and it started to snow again. Brrrrr!
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A fresh dusting of snow and freezing fog coated the Smokies in frosty splendor last week. Click here to see the short video.
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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Images of the season, from elk to mountains painted in fall color! Click here or on the photo to view the video.
Spring is here and the Flowering Dogwood trees are in full bloom! Click here or on the photo to see to see “America’s best-loved flowering tree” up close and personal.
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 [...]
It seems like I can’t drive, hike, or look out a window without someone (often me, talking to myself) making a comment about how incredible the rhododendron flowers are this year. I’ve lived in the Smokies for fourteen years and I’ve NEVER seen them this good.
The bloom has already peaked and is fading gradually [...]
Smoky Mountain black bears are pretty active in July, and the national park’s really awesome wildlife management team has been kind enough to let me tag along with them: they even invited me to meet them at the trailhead (undisclosed trail) at 5:30 a.m. this morning to go check a bear trap, which they’d set [...]