by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | General Announcements
SYLVA, N.C. – The Smoky Mountains STEM Collaborative (SMSC), in collaboration with Jackson County Early College, is organizing a solar eclipse viewing party beginning at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 8 in the Balsam parking lot at Southwestern Community College’s...
by admin | Mar 22, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn.- Carlos Campbell Overlook on Newfound Gap Road is closed temporarily while maintenance crews assess cracks in the pavement and sidewalk. The overlook will reopen as soon as NPS and Federal Highway Administration crews make assessments and any needed...
by admin | Mar 20, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – In the first year since Great Smoky Mountains National Park launched the Park it Forward program, the park generated over $10 million in recreation fee revenue, which includes parking tag sales and camping fees. The park is using this money...
by admin | Mar 18, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced group size limits for the popular wildflower season at Whiteoak Sink. Individuals and small groups of eight or fewer people may access the Whiteoak Sink area throughout the wildflower...
by admin | Mar 14, 2024 | General Announcements
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – North Carolina drivers raised $574,461 to enhance the Blue Ridge Parkway by purchasing or renewing the national park specialty license plate in 2023. It is the largest amount raised for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s work through the tag...
by admin | Mar 11, 2024 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The National Park Service (NPS) and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone plan to burn approximately 96 acres across six fields in Cataloochee Valley at Great Smoky Mountains National Park this week. Weather permitting, burn...