Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains

A Partners in Preservation Grant will fund much needed restoration on the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Friends of the Smokies today announced it will receive a $250,000 grant provided by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Great Smoky Mountains National Park qualified for the grant as one of the top nine most ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will continue accepting comments through July 12, 2016 on a proposal to increase fees at frontcountry campgrounds and picnic pavilions along with proposed changes to the management of three campgrounds by adding them to the national reservation system through Recreation.gov. The proposal, titled “Recreational Fee Proposal Information Document,” has been available for public review since ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park maintenance crews will perform road maintenance along the gravel Balsam Mountain Road on Monday, June 27; Wednesday, June 29; and Wednesday, July 6, 2016 from 6–11:00 a.m. each morning. The work will require a full road closure during these time periods to allow crews to place new gravel on the roadway. The one-way, 15-mile Balsam ...

The Gatlinburg Police Department will hold its annual Kids’ Camp Monday, July 25 to Friday, July 29, 2016 at the American Legion Building in Gatlinburg. The action packed week includes bike and firearms safety, alcohol and drug awareness, presentations by K-9 and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers, self-defense and violence response, physical-fitness obstacle course and team building exercises, whitewater rafting ...

The season of summer fun has arrived in Gatlinburg and it comes with no shortage of activities for the whole family. This summer, visitors will have the chance to spend their evenings enjoying live entertainment, attending award-winning Independence Day festivities and getting a firsthand look at unique items hand-crafted in Gatlinburg for generations. Gatlinburg’s award-winning Fourth of July Midnight Parade ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Women’s Work Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum on Saturday, June 18, 2016. This festival honors the vast contributions made by the women of Southern Appalachian and showcases lifeways that women used to keep their families going in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The event is from 10 a.m. ...

Cyclists will take in the natural beauty of Western North Carolina as they cruise along a well-marked course, with the option to push themselves for short timed sections, competing to win in the Gran Fondo Asheville. Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial with Friends of the Smokies and ride in the 3rd annual Gran Fondo Asheville presented by Duke Energy ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the temporary closure of Parson Branch Road due to the concentration of hazard trees lining the roadway. The 8-mile, one-way gravel roadway begins in Cades Cove and exits along US Highway 129. Typically the road is opened each season between April and November. Park crews originally delayed opening the road due to a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial with Music in the American Wild for two live performances of music from eleven composers and seven performers, all affiliated with Eastman School of Music in upstate New York. The group is traveling to various National Parks in the country and will play two concerts ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced temporary, one-lane closures on Newfound Gap Road for 1.8 miles of roadway between Sugarlands Visitor Center and Carlos Campbell Overlook beginning Tuesday, May 31, 2016 for paving operations. The one-lane closures will be managed with flagging operations directing traffic through the work zones. Charles Blalock and Sons of Sevierville will pave the road under ...