Growing up, Blount County native Carly Pearson considered time outdoors a way of life. When she wasn’t exploring the stunningly diverse landscape of nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she was…
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Clingmans Dome Road will be closed the mornings of September 10, 12 and 16 to facilitate special educational programs for students at schools in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians community. The…
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Road will be reopened by August 26; Gatlinburg Overlook and Campbell Lead Road will remain open The National Park Service will close the Gatlinburg Bypass to all traffic between the Gatlinburg…
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Starting April 15, the National Park Service (NPS) will close Ramsey Cascades Trail on weekdays while trail crews finish the full-scale rehabilitation work started in 2022. The rehabilitation of this…
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The National Park Service is taking steps to improve the visitor experience at Laurel Falls Trail—one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park has completed an…
Read MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the busiest year on record with 14,137,812 visits. Visitation exceeded the 2019 record by 1.5 million visits and 2020 visitation by more than 2 million…
Read MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Cades Cove Loop Road will reopen at noon tomorrow, September 28, after a three-week closure in September to resurface the roadway. This…
Read MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont beginning Tuesday, June 1 through Tuesday, June 8. The public may apply for the limited…
Read MoreDistillery to Donate a Portion of Limited Edition ‘Friends of the Smokies Blackberry Moonshine’ sales to Support the Preservation and Protection of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gatlinburg, TN…
Read MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash invites the public to participate in a new initiative he developed called Smokies Hikes for Healing. Up to ten people can join the…
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