Dates to view the synchronous fireflies show in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. Here’s how to try to ...

The National Park Service announced the dates to apply for its annual lottery for the chance to view the synchronous fireflies of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus is a ...

GATLINBURG, T.N. (FOX Carolina) - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced the dates for its annual synchronous firefly viewing and the lottery for reservations. The firefly species ...

The dates for the 2025 synchronous firefly viewing opportunity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. The event will take place at Elkmont from May 29 to June 5.

Each year, the park hosts an event at Elkmont featuring thousands of Photinus carolinus, a firefly species known for its ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A Tennessee Army National Guard crew departed from their base at McGhee Tyson Airport Wednesday afternoon and flew to a remote part of the Great Smoky ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life, including what naturalist and explorer William Bartram in 1791 called ...

What started as a small roadside attraction in 1961—a simple train ride through the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains—has now become an innovative force within the theme park industry.

I have traveled with my husband and sons to many of the NPS and I learn something new each time. The Smoky Mountains National Park was just the beginning of my learning to appreciate the natural ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont from May 29-June 5. The public can apply for this opportunity by entering a lottery for a ...