When your entrée and the view are both the main course 🤌
#BlackberryMountain #BMTN #ThreeSisters #GSMNP #GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark

Pools days are better here. #BlackberryMountain #BMTN #Pool #GSMNP #GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark

'𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓'... Prints available at buff.ly/4a1LQVW
#SheliaHuntPhotography #Smokies #SmokyMountains #GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark #GSMNP

Beautiful coyote running alongside us as we were leaving the Cove. Cades Cove TN GSMNP
#CadesCove #gsmnp #EastTN #wildlife #NaturePhotograhpy #NatureLovers #outdoors #nature #freelancer #visualstoryteller #coyote

1st Place Award-Winning image, '𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓'... See it at buff.ly/4beRF3s
#SheliaHuntPhotography #GreatSmokyMountainsNationalPark #GSMNP #Smokies #SmokyMountains #BuyIntoArt

Keep the Smokies safe and wild!

Park Ranger Jackson wants to remind you to keep your distance when viewing elk or other wildlife in GSMNP. Using the “Rule of Thumb” is a great way to make sure you are a safe distance away.

'Flowers always make people better, happier, more hopeful.' - Luther Burbank ~ With wildflowers popping up all over the Smokies check the Wildflower Report for the best times and places to get out to see them. Photo © GSMNP >> smokieslife.org/wildflower-rep… , instagram.com/p/C6EJxAmqlA_/

Here's a small peak of sunrise in the Smokies ahead of the rain! #GSMNP #WVLTFirstAlert

I am back in the weather center. We woke up to long-lived fog Wednesday but it left a spectacular view on the air quality camera way up in GSMNP.

Enjoy Spring in Western NC's Smoky Mtns at this cost-friendly adorable 1-bedrm creekside tiny home! Trout fish out back door. A 3-waterfalls/ wildflower hike GSMNationalParkInfo is just 2 min away! Explore Bryson City
has plenty of unique +friendly pubs, shops, eateries!
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Double celebration today! #NationalParkWeek and #ArborDay !
Here's to GreatSmokyNPS and its layers upon layers of a spectacular forest system!
#GSMNP #Trees #NationalParkJunkie

✨ GSMNP will host the annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont from June 3 - June 10! The lottery is open NOW for reservation applications and closes Monday, April 29 at 11:59 p.m. EDT: bit.ly/2QzP7t7 #synchronousfireflies

📸: Jon Reynolds-Photography

Spring wildflower/waterfall hikes - The SmokyMtns are calling from @visitbrysoncity !
Backyard =trout creek.  Just 2 min drive to 3-waterfall/ wildflower hike trailhead GSMNationalParkInfo ! Let this 1bedrm budget Tiny Home be your home base. Creekside firepit+grill.
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Outdoorsy couples: New @airbnb listing, cost-friendly vacation apt, the 'Bait & Tackle' 1 MI from downtown Explore Bryson City , 1 MI to fishing pier, 5 min from GSMNationalParkInfo trout streams. Apt boasts an arcade table game + a fancy brand new remote-controlled bed.
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One is one of the fastest growing cities in the South surrounded by natural beauty like the GSMNP and the other is in the middle of fucking Alabama 💀

Charming 2bedrm (Q+Tx2) creekside cottage has #Trout Creek in back yard.  1 MI upstream is GSMNationalParkInfo with its 3-waterfall/wildflower trail! Large screened-in creekside porch is guest Favorite! Explore Bryson City is in the ❤ of the Smoky Mtns woodland paradise.
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Grab your fishing pole/hiking boots, head to TheFishingHole, a small vacation apt aka your base for Spring in the Smokies @visitbrysoncity ! 1 mile to the Tuck River/Fontana Lake/fishing pier/boat launch. <5mi to GSMNationalParkInfo w/easy 3-waterfall + wildflower hike
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This video explains how GSMNP is a temperate rainforest. The video is from one of my favorite spots in the park near Tremont. The only other temperate rainforest in North America is in the Pacific NW from Oregon to southern Alaska (esp. Olympic NP).

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Cassie Clark Yep, GSMNP and Outer Banks are my favorite NC things…but I am not real familiar with NC natural history …