Natural History Wanderings

The 2018 Great Smoky Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is April 24 to 28.

ABOUT THE PILGRIMAGE
The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is a 68-year old annual event in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park featuring professionally-guided walks to explore the region’s rich natural and cultural resources. More than 700 pilgrims from more than 30 states and several countries joined us in 2017. Our programs included fungi, ferns, wildflowers, trees and shrubs, medicinal plants, insects (terrestrial and aquatic), salamanders and snakes, birds, mammals (bats to bears), birds, journaling, art and photography, and park history.
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IMPORTANT DATES
15 January 2018 – Leader/Expert registration opens
6 February 2018 – release of 2018 Program of Events
16 February 2018 – Brochure with complete program is released
1 March 2018 – Pilgrim/attendee registration opens online
24-28 April 2018 – Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage

Learn more at Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage including program, prices and lodging information
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