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© Great Smoky Mountains Association 2012. The beauty of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in mid to late October. This lush cove was once a mountain community where farms and family were a way of life. Today an 11-mile road allows visitors to enjoy the beautiful vistas and leisurely pace nestled among the surrounding mountains. Feel
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by mikerhicks The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts ten large developed campgrounds with more than a thousand campsites for RVs, trailers, or tent camping, and 100 undeveloped sites. Roanoke Mountain Campground is one of these quaint, quiet little campgrounds located at Milepost 120.4. There are no showers, no hookups, just beautiful little campsites on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Most
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I found this on YouTube…Enjoy.
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At the other end of the state is Roan Mountain State Park, which boasts the distinction of having the highest swimming pool of any park in Tennessee. Roane Mountain is famous for its grassy balds and rhododendron gardens. The mountain reaches 6,285 feet, an elevation at which there’s no poison ivy, and even the blackberry bushes lack thorns. 75 years
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Is the beginning of hot summer with no relief in sight already putting you in the dog days of summer? How does cool mountain streams and rivers and activities like tubing, fishing, kayaking, white water rafting, hiking, camping or just a nice picnic in a mountain meadow sound. Not a fan of the outdoors? How about outlet shopping of high
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Part of the Appalachian Highlands, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee covers more than a half a million acres and its lush forests are home to thousands of species of wildlife. The park includes several mountains which top 6,000 feet including Mount Le Conte which comes up just short of 6,600 feet and is the tallest mountain east
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© Great Smoky Mountains Association 2012. Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the third highest point in the east of the Mississippi, and provides one of the most scenic viewpoints in the United States. This video takes you on a journey through one of the most interesting mountain ecosystems in the country. Feel
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I wondered across this video over on YouTube today…Check it out. Revitalize your Coexistence with Nature’s Realm! A nature music video from the creators of “Expedition Nature’s Realm: A Documentary Film.” www.TEMPESTASPRODUCTIONS.com. Copyright 2009 by CDCraig and KHJeanes.
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Published on Jun 15, 2012 by GreatSmokyMountains Late May through early June marks the time when Elk calves are born throughout Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The National Park Service monitors the elk and their young in order to ensure the long term survivability of herds within the park. This video details some of the efforts, as well as some of the rules
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Published on Jun 8, 2012 by GreatSmokyMountains Thanks to the warm and very wet winter we had this year, the rosebay rhododendrons are providing us with one of the most spectacular blooms that many folks have ever seen. Rosebay grows beside streams and in shady ravines below elevations of 5,000 feet. Right now the blooms along some trail sides and road sides are
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