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Robin’s plantain (Erigeron pulchellus) blossoms along a trailside creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With a focus on spring wildflowers, this year’s Great Smokies Eco-Adventure, April 30 to May 2, will have participants examining brilliant blooms in the park. Photo by Jaimie Matzko.
Keely Knopp

2025 WILDFLOWERS

KEY: ES=Early Stages; JSB=Just Starting to Bloom; Budded; APB=Approaching Peak Bloom; *=At Peak Bloom; BP=Beyond Peak; AG=Almost Gone; VS=Various Stages June JUNE 30 METCALF BOTTOMS TRAIL (TRAILHEAD TO END): MANY BLOOMS— Rosebay Rhododendron (BP).  SOME BLOOMS—Daisy Fleabane*.  FEW BLOOMS—Flowering Spurge (BP), Mountain Camelia*, Spiderwort*, Tick Trefoil*, White Clover*, Wood Nettle (BP). WALKER SISTERS CABIN TRAIL (TRAILHEAD TO END): MANY BLOOMS—Daisy Fleabane*, Rosebay Rhododendron (BP).  SOME BLOOMS—Common

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Keely Knopp

2024 FALL COLORS

November NOVEMBER 11WEST PRONG TRAIL (B TO CAMPSITE #18): An estimated 80% of the colorful foliage has fallen though there is still some colorful yellow and gold foliage. Trees that still have some nice foliage: greenbrier, mountain maple, sugar maple, umbrella magnolia, beech or birch—could not determine which one from a distance.   NOVEMBER 4LOWER MOUNT CAMMERER TRAIL (B TO CAMPSITE #35): Approximately 60% of

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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