The highly competitive lottery for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's annual synchronous firefly viewing event will ...

The lottery applications open Friday, May 2 at 10 a.m. EST and close on Monday, May 5 at 11:59 p.m. EST. All lottery ...

The National Park Service has announced the 2025 dates for the synchronous firefly viewing opportunity in the Great Smoky ...

The Great Smoky Mountains' synchronous fireflies event offers limited viewing through a lottery system opening on May 2, with ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particular these venomous ones.

The firefly species Photinus carolinus flashes sequentially in late May or early June every year, and hundreds of people travel to watch.

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

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

The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Friends of the Smokies, is about to begin a multi-year rehabilitation of the iconic Bullhead Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — ...

The region has so much to offer: The natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an array of waterfalls to visit and outstanding biodiversity. As residents and visitors enjoy the ...