The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red Diamond Days," when the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Tennessee and North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains offer travelers glorious scenery to explore year-round. Home to the Great ...

In the Smokies, wildflowers are out for most of the year - so volunteer Tom Harrington, 85, is too, reporting on the blooms ...

While winter has fewer crowds, the trade-off is that fewer campgrounds are open (Cades Cove and Smokemont Campground ... the highest peak in the GSMNP and Tennessee, measuring upwards of 6,643 ...

There are plenty of reasons why Townsend is one of the best places to see in Tennessee ... park are Cades Cove, the Newfound Gap Road, Clingman’s Dome, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Visitors can also ...

GSMNP is consistently the top park for visitation partly because of its location in southwestern North Carolina and southeastern Tennessee ... inside the popular Cades Cove throughout the busy ...

This is Cades Cove, Tennessee in full fall glory, with incredible autumn colors, abundant wildlife, and (relatively) few visitors. Winding through the cove as the sun sets on a day and a season ...

Rebecca Connell posted the video, taken in Cades Cove, on Thursday afternoon ... If you see a bear outside of its natural habitat, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency has similar suggestions.

That full statement is available below. "The park’s largest campgrounds are currently open: Cades Cove, Elkmont, and Smokemont. Deep Creek will open as planned on April 18. Abrams Creek ...

Campgrounds are also less busy in springtime ... Bear jams are common, especially in Cades Cove and on Roaring Fork Motor Trail, as cars stop to photograph bears loitering nearby. Mothers with cubs ...