Video – A Year In The Smokies
I saw this on YouTube today. Enjoy.
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Tag: Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Smoky Mountain Fall
© 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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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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Elk Calves in Great Smoky Mountains NP
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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Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains National park
The Kicinski McCoy family spent 4 days experiencing the wonders of East Tennessee. These are just a few the memories they made, set to the music of Smoky Mountain songbird, Dolly Parton. Find out more about the family and their trip: http://bit.ly/1p7xeHa Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National
Keep readingTimber Rattlesnake – Cumberland Gap Trail
Just another thing to watch out for as you hike around the Appalachians… A large Timber Rattlesnake calmly slithers across the Cumberland Gap Trail – accessible form the Elkmont Campground area within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The timber rattler is a notoriously thick rattlesnake and is well camouflaged in the dense understory of the Elkmont area of the Smokies.
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