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Smoky Mountain National Park News
Park to Start Clearing Roadside Vegetation of Gatlinburg Bypass and Spur
11:22 AM - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Chief of Facilities, Alan Sumeriski, announced today that motorists can expect single lane closures on the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge Spur and on the Gatlinburg Bypass beginning November 2 and extending through... Read more...
Cades Cove offers stargazing program
11:07 AM - Great Smoky Mountains National Park will offer a 2-hour stargazing program in Cades Cove on October 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society. Read more...
Musical performances set in Cades Cove amphitheater
03:57 PM - Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced two one-hour long musical performances, featuring Paul Grace and the Boogertown Gap band, beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 24. Read more...
Park solicits help to conduct field survey and learn GPS
11:47 AM - Researchers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are inviting people to volunteer as a citizen scientists on Saturday, October 3, and join Park biologists and educators in developing scientific data in the national park. Read more...
Park staff and neighbors celebrate Fall Harvest at the Mountain Farm Museum
04:23 PM - The annual Mountain Life Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is scheduled Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Read more...
Bredesen announces Smokies to be represented on new quarter-dollar coin
11:39 AM - Governor Phil Bredesen today announces that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will represent Tennessee as one of 56 new quarter-dollar coins honoring national sites. Read more...
Smokies Rangers search for overdue backpacker
11:03 AM - Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are searching a network of Park trails for a Pigeon Forge man who is overdue from a backpacking trip. Read more...
Public invited to attend Smokies rededication
01:44 PM - The public is invited to attend, on a first-come, first-serve basis, the 75th Anniversary Rededication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sept. 2, along with a host of dignitaries and distinguished guests, including Dolly Parton. Read more...
Section of Little River Road to remain closed through evening
12:15 PM - The eight-mile section of Little River Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was closed on Friday because of a rock slide will remain closed until this evening. Read more...
Low temperature record in Smokies
10:47 AM - A July cold snap has broken low temperature records in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read more...
Park announces plans to begin stimulus funded projects
10:48 PM - The first contracts for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded projects at Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be awarded by late August. Read more...
Citizen scientist opportunities will help to conduct field research
01:36 PM - Volunteer in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a Citizen Scientist on June 29 and July 2 and join Park researchers and educators in collecting scientific data in the national park. Read more...
Lamar Alexander and Knoxville Symphony have final rehearsal before concert at Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th anniversary
11:28 AM - Alexander, who plays the piano will be reprising a performance he gave during the Great Smoky Mountains National park 50th anniversary celebration in 1984 when he was governor of Tennessee. Read more...
Elk population growing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
04:34 PM - The population of Great Smoky Mountains National Park increased by seven this spring, and many more births are expected within the next four to six weeks -- the elk population, that is. Read more...
National park hosts "Women's Work."
11:58 AM - National park staff and volunteers will pay tribute to rural women of the past through demonstrations of traditional women’s work. Read more...