The highly competitive lottery for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's annual synchronous firefly viewing event will ...

The National Park Service has announced the 2025 dates for the synchronous firefly viewing opportunity in the Great Smoky ...

Each year, the park hosts an event at Elkmont featuring thousands of Photinus carolinus, a firefly species known for its ...

Every year in late May and early June, thousands gather to watch the spectacle of Photinus carolinus, a firefly species that flashes synchronously. The dates for the 2025 synchronous firefly viewing ...

The firefly species Photinus carolinus flashes sequentially in late May or early June every year, and hundreds of people travel to watch.