Smoky Mountain Tour Connection, Inc.

03/24/2026

03/23/2026

🌐 Discover the beauty of the Smoky Mountains with us! Visit our website to explore custom travel packages and fun guided tours for groups and families. Adventure awaits at Smoky Mountain Tour Connection, Inc!

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02/25/2026

01/30/2026

🐻 Soda‑can small 🥤

Right now, in the Smokies, black bear moms are beginning to welcome cubs that weigh only 8–12 ounces—about the size of a soda can! These tiny, hairless, cubs stay tucked in the den until April, when they waddle out weighing about—wait for it—5 pounds! (Still smaller than your house cat 🐈).

Most litters in the Smokies have two cubs, but anywhere from 1–5 is possible. Cubs stick with mom for about 18 months, so you might spot last year’s “teenagers” tagging along with their mom too.

Remember:
It’s illegal to approach a bear within 50 yards (150 feet) or disturb them in the park. Give them space—never feed, crowd, or interfere with their natural behavior.

Learn more about black bears: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/black-bears.htm



NPS Photo: Ranger Ryan checks a cub’s teeth during a den visit. This visit was part of an ongoing research project. The mother bear was tranquilized so biologists could inspect her tracking collar and download data. While she was sedated, the cubs were weighed, sexed, microchipped, and kept warm in rangers’ coats until the mother was returned to the den.

01/01/2026

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12/10/2025

Gatlinburg wins for the best Grand Marshal

12/10/2025

Are you a Veteran? Active Service Member? Join us for the Free Veterans Breakfast at Kodak Church Saturday, December 13, 2025. Doors open at 8AM and the coffee will be hot & ready to serve. Chowline starts at 8:30AM. After breakfast plan to attend a National Wreaths Across America Day Ceremony. Spencer Clack members will be in Pigeon Forge at Shiloh Memorial Cemetery where we'll remember and place a wreath on 564 Veterans graves. Our ceremony will start at 12noon. Bring your whole family to the breakfast, then go together to Remember, Honor & Teach about the mission and reason behind Wreaths Across America.

11/22/2025

The bear that caused so much excitement this morning on top of Bubba Gump has officially been removed and on its way to a new home.

But you know what, Shrimp Happens! 🦐

10/13/2025

09/27/2025

Worth checking out!!

09/27/2025

It was a beautiful fall day at the courthouse in Sevierville this afternoon!