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Supporting Great Smoky Mountains
National Park since 1953

Photo by Michele Sons

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A BioBlitz is an event where biologists, naturalists, and volunteers gather and make a concerted effort to survey and record every organism they can find in a given area. Photo provided by Emma Oxford.

Thrilled to Blitz

Recently, I saw a post on social media that read: “Are there science camps for adults? I just want to help someone dig up dinosaurs or count mushrooms or weigh turtles.” That’s not the stuff of daydreams—it’s called community science! Here in the Smokies, we have many such opportunities for

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Great Smokies

Welcome Center

Hours of Operation

(subject to change)

Open year round (closed December 25)


January - February

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

March - November

Open Daily 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
December

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

The Great Smokies Welcome Center is located on U.S. 321 in Townsend, TN, 2 miles from the west entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visitors can get information about things to see and do in and around the national park and shop from a wide selection of books, gifts, and other Smokies merchandise. Daily, weekly, and annual parking tags for the national park are also available.

Physical Address

7929 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Townsend TN 37882

Contact

865.436.7318 Ext 320