The Smokies are a beautiful place to explore in winter - but visitors should be prepared for snow, ice, high winds, bitter cold or closed roads.

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year ... closed due to Hurricane Helene damages. Laurel Falls Trail is closed for an 18-month rehabilitation project that began ...

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National ... popular park experienced “substantial damage” in late September due to Hurricane Helene. The North Carolina side of the park was hit the hardest, washing ...

Destination: the Great Smoky Mountains! We stayed in a beautiful cabin near the national park entrance ... and North Carolina. The park has over 800 miles of hiking trails. I got to hike three ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of America’s most visited national parks, is set to temporarily close one of its most beloved trails. The Laurel Falls Trail is famous for its stunning ...

It’s not just Gates of the Arctic either; Alaska has some of the least visited national parks of all, with Wrangell-St. Elias ...

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The 26,692-acre Congaree holds the largest intact old-growth bottom-wood forest ... in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for all those people to explore, with more than 900 miles of trail ...

There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning ...

The Custer Gallatin National Forest ... trails, trailheads, conservation easements, deed restrictions, and water, grazing and mineral rights. The land swap includes parts of the Crazy Mountains in ...