Supporting Great Smoky Mountains
National Park since 1953

Photo courtesy of Paul Driessche

The latest from Smokies Live.

Unlike other pussytoe species, the solitary pussytoe has only one flowering head on each stalk. Provided by Holly Kays.

When spring comes into focus

The stream of flowers is mere inches from my face, but I see nothing remarkable as I peer through the camera lens. A bed of brown leaves, beaten down from months of freeze and thaw. A smattering of twigs and protruding rocks. Occasional pockets of moss, a rare shot of

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Great Smokies

Welcome Center

Hours of Operation

(subject to change)

Open year round (closed December 25)


January - February

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

March - November

Open Daily 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
December

Open Daily 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

The Great Smokies Welcome Center is located on U.S. 321 in Townsend, TN, 2 miles from the west entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visitors can get information about things to see and do in and around the national park and shop from a wide selection of books, gifts, and other Smokies merchandise. Daily, weekly, and annual parking tags for the national park are also available.

Physical Address

7929 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Townsend TN 37882

Contact

865.436.7318 Ext 320