by Great Smokies | Activities
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...
by Great Smokies | Activities, Nature
Like most national parks, Great Smoky Mountains NP has a kids ‘Junior Ranger’ program with activities and experiences unique to the Smokes. Dating back to the 1930s, Junior Rangers is a nationwide program where kids can learn about a park through self...
by Great Smokies | Activities, Nature
Frightful storytelling by the bonfire. Shadowy figures rustling through a haunted cornfield. A bloodthirsty Count transforming into a bat. These are the terrifying experiences awaiting you at Bryson City / Cherokee’s Haunted October. The Cherokee Bonfire Hear amazing...
by Great Smokies | Activities, Nature
Autumn view from Newfound Gap one of the highest peaks in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina Fall colors appear first at the Smokies’ highest elevations (like Kuwohi – formerly Clingmans Dome) and work their way down to the foothills and then...
by Great Smokies | Activities, History & Culture
For many shoppers, antiquing inspires creativity in your home or cabin; for others, it’s a trip down memory lane. Yet according to one shop owner, “it’s not just nostalgia when young kids spend hours looking for ‘cool stuff’ – trains, comic...
