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

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Synchronous firefly season is approaching and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced the dates for its annual viewing event and when guests can sign up for a ...

It’s twilight on a warm May evening at the Congaree National Park in Hopkins, South Carolina. A wooden boardwalk weaves through cypress knees, and towering loblolly pines. A viewing platform holds the ...

GATLINBURG, TN – They came out one by one and then all at once, swarming the underbrush and pooling in the hollows, blinking crazily like fiber optic filaments in a planetarium or outer space-themed ...

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 ... Read moreThe post Rare ...

Other firefly lotteries have already closed, so this may be your last chance until next spring.

To attend the popular Great Smoky Mountains synchronous fireflies event, people must enter a lottery for tickets. Here's how, the 2026 dates and more.

Few sights scream “summer” like a night filled with sparkling fireflies—particularly the magical species that synchronously ...

Synchronous fireflies, known as Photuris frontalis, blink in the woods near the Congaree River on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Congaree National Park holds an annual event for visitors ...