The Titanic Museum Attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. and Branson, Mo., are sponsoring the tours.

• Winners will receive airfare to and from Ireland, ground transportation and hotel accommodations. The tour moves from Belfast to Dublin, Cobh and Kilkenny, and includes a presentation by Rory Golden with the first-ever images of the discovered Titanic wreck.

• In May 1911, the RMS Titanic slid down Slipway No. 3 at the Queen’s Yard of Harland & Wolff into the Victoria Channel in Belfast, Ireland, while more than 100,000 people looked on. At the time, she was the largest movable manmade object on earth.

• The following April, Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage, carrying such celebrities as the Astors, the Strauses and Guggenheims. Four days later, she struck an iceberg on her starboard side, and the great ship sank in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, with a loss of more than 1,500 people.

Nearly 20 of 230 programs are specifically for kids, such as

• Animal Olympics, an interactive program that compares human senses and abilities to those of wild animals
• Oh! Possum, a chance to meet a marsupial
• Those Ain’t Teddy Bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a session about the icons of the Smokies
• Kiddin’ Around, a hands-on introduction to mountain music and instruments for kids, and
• Wings of America, a live bird show from the American Eagle Foundation.

Celebrating its 20th year, Wilderness Wildlife Week is part of Pigeon Forge Winterfest, which continues through February. Rangers from the National Park Service, biologists, botanists, nature photographers, animal rehabilitators and Smoky Mountains residents donate their time for the week’s presentations.

Destinations are tracking the turning of every leaf:

Ohio Department of Natural Resources has added a new map on its Fall Foliage website,  and offers 32-pre-mapped routes and even places of solace.

The Indiana Office of Tourism Development sponsors Leaf Cam so travelers can watch current images at five locations: The Fort Golf Course at Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis; French Lick Resort in French Lick; Corydon Capitol State Historic Site in Corydon; Hilltop Cabins in Brown County; and Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell.

Gatlinburg, Tenn., posts leaf reports and a fall foliage page. Nearby, Pigeon Forge is running three fall festivals, the Pigeon Forge Rotary Club Crafts Festival through Oct. 30, Dollywood’s National Gospel and Harvest Festival through Oct. 31 and Pigeon Forge’s Harvestfest season through Oct. 31.

Michigan is tracking its Northern color across the state, and Traverse City has its own leaf-peeping patrol.