Wildlife
Elk, white-tailed deer, black bears, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, beavers, river otters, woodchucks, chipmunks, red squirrels, northern flying squirrels, eastern gray squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, opossums, skunks, weasels, shrews, moles, fish, crayfish, mudpuppies, salamanders, newts, snakes, turtles, frogs, toads, lizards, northern green anoles, skinks, great blue herons, green herons, belted kingfishers, great egrets, pelicans, bald eagles, songbirds, hummingbirds, bats, hawks, peregrine falcons, ospreys, owls, woodpeckers, black vultures, turkey vultures, geese, ducks, wild turkeys, synchronous fireflies, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, and crickets.

Plant Life
Mountain laurel, rhododendrons, azaleas, galax, ivy, ferns, mushrooms, wildflowers such as trilliums, orchids, iris, lilies, fire pink, bleeding heart, and violets, wisteria, sassafras, poison ivy, American beech, yellow birch, dogwoods, sourwoods, basswoods, elm, chestnuts, oaks, hickory, pine trees, white pines, fraser firs, spruce-firs, red spruce, red and mountain maples, yellow poplars, magnolias, eastern hemlocks, and eastern redbuds.

NC Landmarks
Andrews Bald, Basalm Mountain, Beech Grove School, Caldwell House, Clingmans Dome, Gregory Bald, Horace Kephart's last campsite, Indian Creek Falls, Juney Whank Falls, Mingus Mill, Mountain Farm Museum and working grist mill, Mouse Creek Falls, Newfound Gap, Newton Bald, Palmer House and Chapel, Siler Bald, Tom Branch Falls, Will Messer Barn, and Woody House.

External Links
Official Site
Friends of the Smokies