Category Archives: Minute in the Mountains: Scenery & Music

An Autumn Postcard featuring Elk

October 27, 2009 – 12:18 pm

 

Images of the season, from elk to mountains painted in fall color! Click here or on the photo to view the video.

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It’s Dogwood Season!

April 21, 2009 – 12:16 pm

 

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.

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Smokey Bear Says…

August 18, 2008 – 9:42 am

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 [...]

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Everywhere, Everywhere: Rhododendron Blossoms

July 20, 2008 – 9:08 am

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 [...]

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Unsuccessful Bear Trapping and Other News

July 11, 2008 – 9:30 am

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 [...]

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Tub Mills, Dog-Trots, and Granny Holes

July 8, 2008 – 9:12 am

Whenever I visit Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, I think of my granddaddy: as a park naturalist in the Smokies back in the 1950s, he was in charge of setting up the motor nature trail and directed the preservation of old homesites in Cades Cove and Oconaluftee, too.
To take a quick, car-free tour of the [...]

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The Most Beautiful Place in the Smokies

June 24, 2008 – 11:32 am

In June, at least, nothing compares to Gregory Bald when the flame azaleas are in bloom! Ten acres of gorgeous flowers, a cool breeze, and a view over Cades Cove… what more could you want?
Click the photo below to see the bald in all its glory!

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Smokies Wildflowers

May 27, 2008 – 1:19 pm

I don’t know about you, but I spent all winter dreaming of the day when the columbine and violets would bring some color back to these mountains. This video is my little way of trying to make spring last forever.
Click the photo to see some of the best flower displays in the Smokies!

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