You don’t have to miss out on the synchronous fireflies spectacle! Here’s how you could see them without a Great Smoky Mountains National Park pass.

Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual synchronous firefly viewing in 2026. Learn how ...

Synchronous fireflies are set to make their annual appearance in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this May. The National Park Service has announced the peak dates for viewing the synchronous ...

It’s a natural event that only happens in the Smokies, and thousands of people enter a lottery each year to witness the magic ...

Today, April 24, is the day to try your luck at entering the lottery for tickets to view a yearly Great Smoky Mountains phenomenon. And it is worth the drive from Upstate South Carolina to see this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A synchronous firefly event in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photinus carolinus fireflies annually flash in ...

A lottery for tickets to the 2026 synchronous firefly viewing event in the Great Smoky Mountains opens in mid-April. The park limits access to the Elkmont area to protect the fireflies during their ...

Every year, 20,000 families apply for fewer than 1,000 parking passes to a unique event at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fireflies, or lightning bugs as they are more commonly called in the ...