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Reader Participation Day: A Fee Too Far?

News that Great Smoky Mountains National Park is requiring you, beginning today, to purchase a "parking tag" if you plan to pull over for longer than 15 minutes to explore the park is somewhat controversial in some circles. If you’ve purchased an annual pass to the parks, or to Great Smoky, or have a senior pass or a military pass, should you have to pay another fee to get out and enjoy the park?

Local Novelists To Help Lead First Smokies Park Writers Conference

The inaugural Tremont Writers Conference is the coordinated effort of two educational park partners, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont and Great Smoky Mountains Association. Set on the lush, secluded Tremont campus, the event will immerse a small group of selected writers in an intensive retreat of brainstorming and fine-tuning their work while learning about nature and writing in small groups from Wednesday, October 25, through Sunday, October 29.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters Scheduled To Be Updated

A major rehabilitation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters facilities is being proposed by the National Park Service, which is seeking bids to handle the work that includes gutting and updating the existing headquarters building, building a new annex building for administrative and law enforcement personnel, and razing the Little River Ranger Station.

Input Sought For Solutions To Crowding At Laurel Falls In Great Smoky Mountains

Crowds in particularly popular areas of the National Park System are challenging park managers to manage the crowds while preserving the natural resources. One solution that seems to be growing is to require reservations for access, something that's been adopted at Zion and Acadia national parks and tested at Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah national parks.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.