by Great Smokies | Activities
Congratulations! You’ve volunteered to plan this years’s family reunion. Your only job is to make your relatives happy with the destination, the budget, the activities and the lodging. No big deal, right? Before you lose your mind with internet searches,...
by Great Smokies | Activities
Bryson City is the perfect spot for a weekend escape to the North Carolina Smokies in colder months. Even though you may assume it’s the ‘off-season’, the area offers many ways to enjoy your Smoky Mountain getaway. Here are eight suggestions. Tom...
by Great Smokies | Activities, Attractions
Each year, thousands get away to Bryson City for a memorable Smoky mountains escape. But few getaways are as memorable as Richard Kimball’s 1993 escape from Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard. That’s when “The Fugitive” Kimball (Harrison Ford) leapt from the top of a tall...
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UPDATE: June 28, 2025. Evy won a gold medal in women’s kayak at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague, Czechia. Evy Leibfarth, a 20-year-old Bryson City native, brought home the Bronze Medal in Canoe Slalom C-1 event from the 2024...
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Throughout the year, Darnell Farms celebrates each growing season with a festival. They celebrate strawberries, peaches, sweet corn, tomatoes and more. Sixteen in all. And in mid-November Darnell’s festival calendar ends with the grandest of all – a joyous, month-long...
by Great Smokies | Activities, Nature
Autumn is a special time in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In addition to the beautiful fall colors, Fall also brings the rut, the annual mating season for the elk. With the bull elks’ bugling echoing through the valleys, this is one of the most popular...
