There are over 1,500 kinds of flowering plants in Great Smoky Mountains ... Gap Trail — 3.8 miles roundtrip This easy trail includes a wide array of spring and summer flowers, including beaked ...

Great Smoky Mountains ... to avoid the flowers while they bloom. By leaving them alone, flowers will be able to pollinate and produce seeds. Visitors should stick to official trails and designated ...

Large, bare trees towered over blooming shrubs and flowers ... Smoky Mountains National Park. The wildflower season is estimated to last until the first week of May. There are several trails ...

Tucked away in the Tennessee section of Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... Stick to the designated trails and paths, never pick flowers, and, if you can, try to visit during off-peak hours.

In the spring, the sight is often the backdrop for a field of colorful wildflowers; in the fall, a rich palette of changing leaves. I’m lucky to call the 500,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains ...

There are lots of gorgeous varieties of plants nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains for nature lovers ... them so you can stay safe. Though its flowers look lovely, this plant is toxic for both ...

Among them were Smokies explorers Jim Thompson, Carlos Campbell, Albert “Dutch” Roth and Brockway Crouch, whose Knoxville flower ... the Smoky Mountains section of the Appalachian Trail ...

Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the park’s hardest-hit areas is reopening. Trails and some roads in Cataloochee ...

National Park Service photo The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the National Park Service. Laurel Falls Trail ...

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.