Perched at 6,360 feet on top of Mount Le Conte in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, LeConte Lodge is celebrating 100 years of welcoming hikers.

From hikes to viewpoints, these 10 beautiful places in the Great Smoky Mountains will have you reaching for your camera time ...

Gatlinburg is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for which the black bear is an iconic symbol: it is a protected bear habitat in the United States, and biologists estimate around ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What started as a small roadside attraction in 1961—a simple train ride through the foothills of the Great ... Park Christmas event—Dollywood’s Smoky ...

The National Park Service announced the dates to apply for its annual lottery for the chance to view the synchronous fireflies of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus is a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont from May 29-June 5. The public can apply for this opportunity by entering a lottery for a ...

GATLINBURG, T.N. (FOX Carolina) - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced the dates for its annual synchronous firefly viewing and the lottery for reservations. The firefly species ...

(WLOS) — The highly competitive lottery for the Great Smoky Mountains National ... the National Park Service has used a lottery system for this event due to high interest and limited capacity.

Smokies Life is one of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park's nonprofit partners ... is a major barrier," she explained. Not only is high road mortality an issue, but Oxford said it also ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced the dates of its annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont this year. The viewing window is Thursday ...

The dates for the 2025 synchronous firefly viewing opportunity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. The event will take place at Elkmont from May 29 to June 5.

ELKMONT, Tenn. (WVLT) - The lottery for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s yearly synchronous firefly viewing is set to close Monday evening. Each year, the park hosts an event at Elkmont ...