Time For Fireflies At Elkmont
It’s that time of year…time to reserve your spot for the fireflies. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host their annual synchronous firefly viewing at Elkmont from Monday, June 3 through Monday, June 10. As usual, space is limited so a lottery is used to distribute tickets for the event that sees fireflies light up the night with their synchronous flashes. Reservations are per vehicle and the lottery opens for reservation applications this Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. EDT and closes on Monday, April 29 at 11:59 p.m. You can enter the lottery by going to the website www.recreation.gov.
A total of 1120 vehicle reservations, 140 per night, will be issued through the lottery process. The results of the lottery will be available no later than Monday, May 6. Each reservation allows one vehicle with a maximum of seven occupants to park at the Elkmont viewing location for one of those nights. All lottery applicants will be charged a $1.00 application fee. Successful applicants will automatically be given reservations and a $24.00 reservation fee will be charged to the same credit or debit card used for the application fee. More information is available by going to the website listed above.