The Smokies offers more than 800 miles of hiking trails, ranging from easy to arduous. Many of these trails are particularly good choices for families because they include historic sites and other interesting opportunities for exploration. This post describes a creekside hike to an old, rusty Cadillac left over from the park’s logging days and onward to Indian Flats Falls. It is the second of
When Claire Stovall applied to the Artist-in-Residence program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, she hoped to use the time to work on the wildlife textile collages she had highlighted in her application. Then she told her family she’d been selected for the program—and that plan spun on a swivel. “My grandmother and great-uncle both said, ‘Do you know about Dutch Roth?’” she recalled. Stovall,
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.
