Monthly Archive: September 2018
GSM Guide
September 28, 2018
Search For Missing Hiker Near Clingmans Dome Missing hiker search underway since Tuesday. Susan Clements of Cleves, Ohio has been missing since Tuesday evening. She and her daughter were hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They were hiking near Andrews Bald and the Clingmans Dome parking lot. The two women were separated while hiking. Park Rangers starred their search Tuesday night and the park’s Search and Rescue Team have joined in the search. Park official have asked for those with information please call the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch at (888) 653-0009. Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements is…
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September 23, 2018
Fall Foliage Reports And Updates 2018 Fall foliage reports and updates are underway. Fall has finally arrived and the fall foliage season is just getting started. The first official day of autumn was Saturday September 22. Although the weather is still warm there is some fall foliage color changes already taking place in the Great Smoky Mountains. The dogwood trees have some color changes visible but it is due to the shorter daylight and the normal growth season for the dogwood. The start of the fall foliage color changes begin in the highest elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains toward the end of September….
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September 14, 2018
Bear Euthanized After Body Found Bear euthanized after body found in Cades Cove. William Lee Hill Jr. of Louisville, TN was found dead two miles north of Cades Cove Off Rich Mountain Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The man was reported missing on Sunday after he and friends were in the park looking for ginseng. The group separated and Hill never reunited with his friends. Park officials started a search in the Great Smoky Mountains in Cades Cove for three days. His body was found Tuesday near Rich Mountain Road. In the same area of the body…
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September 5, 2018
Fall Foliage Predictions 2018 Season For Great Smoky Mountains The fall foliage predictions 2018 are in for this year and it looks like a good one. The annual show of fall colors in the Great Smoky Mountains is predicted to be good one for several reasons. A wet and warm summer with no drought conditions this past summer mean the trees are not under any stress. Adequate rain this past summer helped the trees retain their leaves. And without any recorded days with air temperature over 100 are another bonus. The biologists and fall color experts are predicting a great…
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