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Sack race at Swain County’s annual Heritage Festival Celebrating the Seasons Throughout the year, Bryson City offers family-friendly festivals and events sure to please. Beginning in late spring, we celebrate the fresh fruits and vegetables grown here with...
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Cruising the Smokies by automobile is a great experience and arguably the most popular way to see the sights. Of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s 13 million recreational visitors in 2022, most toured by vehicle. Yet there are other ways to view the Smokies –...
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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,...
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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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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...
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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...
