Wildsam Field Guides

Wildsam Field Guides: Great Smoky Mountains guide will give visitors new and deeper ways of seeing the country's most-visited national park.

In this fresh look at America's most visited national park there's plenty to discover.

Our essential list of Smokies books, music and artistsSouthern Appalachian dishes of noteHighlights from the park's diverse flora and faunaLocal Cherokee stories, past and presentItineraries, trail recs and side tripsViewing tips for wildlife from fireflies and butterflies to elk and bearsInterviews with park rangers, trolley drivers and thru-hikersFifteen base camps around the region, from rustic to high luxuryIntel from a fly fisherman and a rafting outfitter