This one-time excursion takes passengers through the breathtaking Nantahala Gorge. The Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society & Museum is sponsoring a spring train excursion on the Great Smoky ...
Rows of colors festooned a hillside on a cold, misty spring day in Gatlinburg. Large, bare trees towered over blooming shrubs and flowers as Ian Sabo, a botanist at Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...
BRYSON CITY — Train enthusiasts with an eye for springtime scenery may want to make tracks to Bryson City in May for a trip through the Smoky Mountains. The Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society ...
As the days grow warmer and the landscape ripples with color, a growing treetop chorus drives the message home — spring is here, and new life is thriving. The show begins sometime in March, as ...
Spring 2026 in the Smoky Mountains brings peak wildflower blooms, warmer weather, and major festivals. Make sure to stop by Dollywood's Flower & Food Festival (mid-April–June) Dolly Parton leaves fans ...
Some of the best-known attractions in East Tennessee will be open for visitors or offer special deals over spring break. Those include Dollywood, Anakeesta, WildSide and other amusement parks and ...
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountains said Monday that it would host a special event on April 13 to celebrate National American Sign Language Day. A release from the park said ...
The most diverse collection of wildflowers at any national park is now in bloom in the Great Smoky Mountains. Jacqui Sieber with WUOT in Knoxville, Tennessee, stopped to smell those flowers. IAN SABO: ...