GoSmokies - A social network for lovers of the Great Smoky Mountains

A social network for lovers of the Great Smoky Mountains

Latest Activity

Marlene Denton commented on Mike Maples's blog post 'A Mountain Slave Named Samuel'

Great history,Mike. Where is the Granny's Knob and slave cemetery located?

30 minutes ago

Ann McMahon, Marcy Brooks and Greg Lumb joined GoSmokies

37 minutes ago

Ron Raymond replied to Kim Guilbeau's discussion 'Elkmont to Cades Cove to Gatlinburg'

I don't have any experience pulling a 28' 5th wheel, but I understand how you feel about Little River Road being intimidating. The curviest part is between Metcalf Bottoms Picnic area and the Townsend Wye. I have a couple suggestions if your driver…

50 minutes ago

Johnno commented on Mike Maples's photo 'Male Robin playing with the winds'

how cool is that

1 hour ago

Kim Guilbeau replied to Kim Guilbeau's discussion 'Elkmont to Cades Cove to Gatlinburg'

Yep, you're right! Well, that eliminates one of the circumstances.

1 hour ago

Mike Maples added 2 photos to the album 'Animals / Birds / Butterflys'

1 hour ago

ashe replied to Kim Guilbeau's discussion 'Elkmont to Cades Cove to Gatlinburg'

it's only like 20-30 miles, but a slow 20-30 miles. i wouldn't worry about Little River Road. it's fine, just slow-going. i believe it's actually Saturdayand Wednesday that are the vehicle-free days.

1 hour ago

Mike Maples added a blog post

A Mountain Slave Named Samuel

We didn't have many slaves in the mountains during the 1800's but we had a few and one was named Samuel. I know we don't have many folks of color who hike inside the park. But, Samuel (Maples) was a man that my 3th Great traded a mule for back in th…

1 hour ago

Members

View All

Events

LeConte Photographic Society

March 8, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – First Presbyterian Church of Sevierville
Horace Kephart Days Celebration

April 30, 2010 at 5pm to May 2, 2010 at 5pm – Various locations in and around Bryson City, NC

Welcome!

Welcome to a social network created for lovers of the Great Smoky Mountains. Brought to you by knoxnews.com.

If you would like to publicize a group or public hike, consider adding it to our events calendar. Scroll down below the Photos to find Blog Posts & Vacation Tales

Note

GoSmokies is about the Smokies and East Tennessee. While it's nice to share your vacation photos, please only post photos related to the Smokies.

SPAM ALERT - we're getting hit with a lot (20 per day) of fake members trying to post non-Smokies sales or political items. Don't bother responding to these, it just encourages them. We'll delete the posts and terminate the members as fast as we can.