March 11, 2025 at 6:17 am With 26% fewer visitors, cheaper prices and endless wildflowers, spring is the secret to the Smokies. Photo credit: Knoxville Backyard & Beyond.

Find peace in the Smoky Mountains with this 2025 guide to hidden trails, scenic drives, quiet towns, and smart ways to skip ...

Somewhere after 2 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday in mid-March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring Shelter. Four people ...

In the Smokies, more than 300 specimens have been submitted from 13 different sites on 25 different occasions, collected by the entomology and fisheries teams as well as by participants in the ...

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.

Glide over America’s most breathtaking national parks in spring, where nature awakens in a vibrant display of color. This stunning drone footage captures the blooming meadows of Yosemite, the steaming ...

SIEBER: This little trillium is one of over 1,500 types of flowering plants that are found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. SABO: We have, you know, plants here in the park that don't grow ...

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.

SIEBER: This little trillium is one of over 1,500 types of flowering plants that are found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. SABO: We have, you know, plants here in the park that don't grow ...

SIEBER: This little trillium is one of over 1,500 types of flowering plants that are found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. SABO: We have, you know, plants here in the park that don't grow ...