Great Smoky Mountains National Park Audio Podcasts & Blog

Photos by Ann Froschauer.

Here’s how Newfound Gap Road looks today.

Photo by Ann Froschauer.

Photos by Karen Key.

Brrr on Chimney Tops!

And here’s Mt. Le Conte.

Here’s the view from Webb Overlook. Photo by Sharon Ryan.

This is how it looks on Newfound Gap Road just as you pass from Tennessee into North Carolina. Photo by Sharon Ryan.

Here’s the view from Mt. Cammerer. Photo by Tom Harrington.

Enjoy these photos by Mari Bland and Ann Froschauer of the fall colors inside the park! The first one is of Little River.

This is a picture taken by Ann Froschauer of a bear being careful not to fall into the water as he hops on rocks. Ann spotted the bear while hiking with Missy Kane and the Friends of the Smokies on Old Sugarlands Trail.

No, it’s not Godzilla, it’s a Giant Gyrinophilus Ann Froschauer found this weekend while hiking along Road Prong Trail.

And if this guy doesn’t seem tough enough already, Ann says if you look real close you can see black borders highlighting lighter-colored lines that run from its eyes to its nose. She says these are used like “gun sights.”

And here are some beautiful asters.

Another fascinating nature photo from our 75th Anniversary Coordinator Ann Froschauer. This is a photo of White Baneberry berries called “Doll’s Eyes” (Actaea pachypoda).

No, it’s not a hillbilly version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.
It’s Peter Possum patiently waiting for a pear to fall off a pear tree so he can eat it.
Photo by GSMA’s own Sharon Ryan.