Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Black Bears
Budget Travel magazine recently published an article about viewing wildlife as part of a vacation and pointed to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for spotting black bears.
From their online version:
"Straddling the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, this massive, mountain- and forest-filled national park houses the largest protected American black bear habitat in the eastern U.S. As a result, the furry mammals—which are a bit smaller and more tolerant of humans than their grizzly cousins— are the official symbol of the park. It's estimated that about 1,500 bears currently live here; that comes out to about two bears per square mile."
FYI The bears don't know where the National Park borders are (!) so we do sometimes see a bear wondering around elsewhere. It is important to keep food (AND TRASH) cleaned up. At both the Wears Valley Chalet and the Gatlinburg Lodge at SmokyMountainViews.com we've made sure to provide secure and locked trash receptacles. Yet another concern when choosing a vacation cabin to rent, right?
For more from Budget Travel:
From their online version:
"Straddling the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, this massive, mountain- and forest-filled national park houses the largest protected American black bear habitat in the eastern U.S. As a result, the furry mammals—which are a bit smaller and more tolerant of humans than their grizzly cousins— are the official symbol of the park. It's estimated that about 1,500 bears currently live here; that comes out to about two bears per square mile."
FYI The bears don't know where the National Park borders are (!) so we do sometimes see a bear wondering around elsewhere. It is important to keep food (AND TRASH) cleaned up. At both the Wears Valley Chalet and the Gatlinburg Lodge at SmokyMountainViews.com we've made sure to provide secure and locked trash receptacles. Yet another concern when choosing a vacation cabin to rent, right?
For more from Budget Travel:
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