Fireflies flash during the synchronous firefly viewing at Elkmont Campground in Gatlinburg, Tenn., June 5, 2025.

Dates to view the synchronous fireflies show in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. Here’s how to try to get in.

The National Park Service will start taking applications May 2 to enter the lottery for a pass to see synchronous fireflies' mating display.

Dates to view the synchronous fireflies show in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. Here’s how to try to get in.

Don’t miss out on the light show synchronous fireflies put on! Here’s how to see them without a Great Smoky Mountains National Park pass.

Taking a family vacation doesn't have to break the bank, especially if you travel during shoulder season. Those weeks just ...

Synchronous fireflies aren’t a rare or threatened species, Nichols said, and their range extends up the Allegheny Mountains and down into Georgia. But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot ...

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 ...

Don’t miss out on the light show synchronous fireflies put on! Here’s how to see them without a Great Smoky Mountains National Park pass.

Dates to view the synchronous fireflies show in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been announced. Here’s how to try to get in.

The 2018 synchronous firefly event begins when the sun goes down on June 7 in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.