The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...
Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Some enter the park one way and leave another, only to return later on the same day, making it somewhat difficult to ...
A research project will gather data on hellbender populations, which have declined over recent decades and were damaged after ...
If you've found your way to Townsend, nestled on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, you're already privy to ...
Scenic, roughly 30-mile-long Newfound Gap – U.S. Route 441 – runs through the center of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into ...
The National Park Service will close one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park next month as part of a more than year-long improvement effort. Starting Jan. 6 ...
Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the mountains along the ...
The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...
The Smokies are a beautiful place to explore in winter - but visitors should be prepared for snow, ice, high winds, bitter ...
The National Park Service rescinded roughly 400 job offers for seasonal positions, prompting concerns that parks could be ...