Jeremy Lloyd has taught at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont since 1996. He is the author of A Home In Walker Valley: The Story of Tremont and co-directs the Tremont Writers Conference with Frances Figart, Creative Director of Smokies Life.
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.