“Nature . . . invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” ~Henry David Thoreau Early fall in the Smokies is a season to savor. It’s that in-between time, past summer and not fully fall, when most trees and shrubs, especially at lower elevations, are still mainly green but showing plenty of signs of
Of all the trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ones including waterfalls are some of the most popular. With the highest elevations in the Smokies getting sufficient rain to qualify as a temperate rainforest, there’s enough of the wet stuff here to feed 2,100 miles of streams, allowing these mountains to be fairly generous with the waterworks. Fortunately for families, many of the
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.
