Great Smoky Mountains sighting maps
1,569 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
900 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map
13 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 8–11 AM & 3–5 PMSighting map
142 sightingsTimber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridusMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map
26 sightingsBobcatLynx rufusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
42 sightingsRiver OtterLontra canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
177 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6–8 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
305 sightingsEastern CopperheadAgkistrodon contortrixMost seen 8 PMSighting map
18 sightingsBeaverCastor canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 7 PMSighting map
975 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
1,266 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 7–11 AMSighting map
176 sightingsPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map
120 sightingsBarred OwlStrix variaMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
71 sightingsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
51 sightingsRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusMost seen 9 AM–3 PMSighting map
26 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Great Smoky Mountains. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Find Wildlife in Parkwolf
Every sighting map, in your pocket.
- 16 sighting mapsfor Great Smoky Mountains, on the same park map as your route
- Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
- 200 audio storiesplay as you drive Great Smoky Mountains, wildlife included
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Smoky Mountains Tour Guide
Great Smoky Mountains, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Great Smoky Mountains audio tourRecorded for this place
Kuwohi Observation Tower0:00 / 0:35
“You're approaching Kuwohi, the highest summit in the Smokies. The observation tower lifts you above the trees for a full circle of mountain ridges, if the clouds allow it.”
Plays as you drive up to Kuwohi Observation Tower in the Parkwolf Great Smoky Mountains Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Cones That Come Apart
- Kuwohi's Modern Tower
- Ice Made from Fog
- Spruce-Fir Nature Trail
- 200 audio storiesacross Great Smoky Mountains’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Black Bear, Elk, Bald Eagle, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 197 trails, 137 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”