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Ken Burns sat down with USA TODAY and shared some secrets of America’s national parks. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan are the creators of the PBS documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” available via ShopPBS.org.
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When your stuck inside for days on end far from your favorite mountains YouTube comes to the rescue,,, And bears are just plain cute… Enjoy this short segment from GSMA’s film, A Place Called Cades Cove. Wildlife watching is one of the many reasons visitors come to Cades Cove. The diverse habitats provided in the Cove make it a great
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Here’s something to look forward to after the coming winter… Go check out the website and pencil it into your calendar. Throughout the long history of the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (SWFP GSMNP), the underlying mission and philosophy has simply been to bring people together to fellowship, form connections, bonds, and friendships through a common interest
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The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual five-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN. Join us for the Spring
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I saw this on YouTube today. Enjoy.
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Clingmans Dome sunrise It’s that time of year – the leaves are changing, the nights are turning cold, and the Smokies are as beautiful as ever. Today we drove out before dawn (it was about 30 degrees and very windy in the higher elevations) to catch sunrise at Clingmans Dome. Us, and a bunch of other people! The mountains are
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Dr. Dudley Fort takes his hot air balloon over Monteagle Mountain in Tennessee. Includes a short history of hot air balloons. Photographer/Editor: Trey Haney
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Here’s a neat documentary from the Dan Traveling YouTube channel… A video tour of the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company. Ride down the rails from the Great Smoky Mountains and see the places and hear the stories about this golden era in East Tennessee history. The Little River Lumber Company and the Little River Railroad operate a museum in Townsend,
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Here is a YouTube video that virtually takes you along the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway…Enjoy the trip. This video follows the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway (US 74/441) between Dillsboro and exit 74 (US 441 North – Gatlinburg/Great Smoky Mountains National Park). US 23/441 diverge at US 74. US 23 follows US 74 east toward Waynesville and Asheville; while US 441 follows
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