The Flint Gap Fire, which began burning in August in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is 95% contained as of Sept. 24. After hiking into the fire area to safely secure the ...

Firefighter crews continue to face challenges containing the Flint Gap fire in the Great Smoky Mountains, which has grown to 46 acres, according to the National Park Service. The fire is 0% ...

The highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains ... US Board of Geographic Names voted in favor of a request put forward by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. “The Great Smoky National Park ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general. The US Board of ...

The highest mountain in Mississippi is to officially drop the name of a Confederate general. The US Board of Geographic ... “The Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort ...

The road that runs through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Tennessee and North Carolina will be closed to all traffic from 10 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. every day. There is no timeline for ...

Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a mountain ridge. Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park. Scenic, roughly 30-mi ...

U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road, the major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will reopen to traffic by 8 a.m. Oct. 2, providing access between Tennessee and North Carolina. Kuwohi Road ...

Lifting the overnight closure, the road that runs through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Tennessee and North Carolina will be open 24 hours a day, beginning Oct. 8, the National Park ...