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Gatlinburg has three
city parks:
Mynatt Park
- located on
Airport Road, on the right, past the road leading to the Park Vista Hotel.
Facilities include a basketball court, tennis courts, horseshoe pits,
playground and baseball field.
Mills
Park - located
on Proffitt Road just off U.S. Highway 321 behind Gatlinburg-Pittman High
School. Facilities include softball field, horseshoe pits, jogging trail,
playground, tennis courts, football field, basketball court and 400-meter
track.
North Gatlinburg Park
- located on the right, just as you enter Gatlinburg from the Spur. Facilities
include trout fishing, horseshoe pits, walking trails and a playground.
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25-31 |
2nd
Annual Heritage Festival |
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Smoky Arts and Crafts Community. Enjoy two weeks of
"heritage" in the craft community Visit over 80 shops filled
with traditional and contemporary crafts, handmade gifts and
collectibles and one of a kind pieces. For more information on
this event please contact Gatlinburg's Office of Special Events at (865)
436-0500. |
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Each
year, a few bears visit as summertime
approaches. Pictured to the left is one of Nestle Inn's regulars.
Over the years, guests have been fortunate to have seen many
bears, as we are adjacent to the Smokies. |
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Visiting the
Nestle Inn for the first time this year is the
Black-Crowned
Night Heron. |
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throughout United States (except Rocky Mountain region),
from Washington, Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and New
Brunswick to southern South America. Winters in southern
half of United States. As
its name implies, this noisy bird is largely nocturnal,
beginning to forage at dusk, when other herons are on
their way to roosts. Night-herons are less likely to
nest in mixed colonies than other herons; when they do,
they often keep to themselves in a separate corner.
These birds are sluggish hunters, standing quietly for
long periods of time waiting for a frog or fish to pass
by. The picture above is from National Geographic, and
the picture below is from our cameras at The Nestle Inn
as he was standing in Baskins Creek in the Great Smoky
Mountains just outside the front door of the Nestle Inn.
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View
Live Camera from Look Rock in the Great Smoky Mountains National
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| Synchronized
Fire Flies |
| Found only in 2 places on the entire planet, synchronized lightning bugs are the subject of much study right now. These delightful creatures can be found only inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Elkmont, and somewhere in Asia. They live at 2200' elevation only, and when taken from their natural surroundings, they cease being synchronous! It is a scientific mystery of sorts.
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| Gatlinburg
Trolley Schedules |
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Daily
8:00am - Midnight April through October |
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25¢
Each Time You Board a Trolley |
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| Winter
Schedules - Daily 10:30am - 10:00pm weekends only. November
and December Except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve &
Christmas Day
Call 865-430-4148 |
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| JULY
18 thru 27 |
Gatlinburg's
Craftsmen's Fair. |
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Over
180 of the finest Craftspeople gifted in woodcarving,
pottery, broom making, stained glass, metal work, basket
weaving, calligraphy, jewelry and much more gather at the
Gatlinburg Convention Center to offer their unique art for
sale. Plus Country and Bluegrass music performed
daily by Keith Longbotham and band.
Show hours: 10 AM - 7 PM daily
10AM - 5 PM Sundays
Admission: Adults $4.00 Children 12 &
under Free
Information: (865) 436-7479 or visit the website at www.craftsmensfair.com
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