A winter storm brought several inches of snow in the Great Smoky Mountains. Drivers should be prepared for closures and ...
The National Park Service will close one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky ... Mountain Trail and that parking lot will also be closed. The Laurel Falls Trail is a 2.6-mile roundtrip hike ...
However, multiple Great Smoky Mountains National Park roads remain closed due to snow and ice. Newfound Gap, a major road through the Smokies, reopened just before 9 a.m. Jan. 16, the park announced.
All visitors centers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... traffic will be allowed to pass through. Commercial vehicles are prohibited in the national park and on Newfound Gap Road out ...
On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National ... park service closes some secondary and higher-elevation roads seasonally to ensure driver safety in hazardous winter ...
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 popular national park area will close for several days in January while crews remove hazardous trees and brush.
Korrin Bishop One of the few national parks that does not charge an admission fee, Great Smoky Mountains ... acre park is shared by Tennessee and North Carolina, with the border running through ...
National Park Service photo The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ... Tourists need only drive 6.7 miles southeast from the Sugarlands gateway in Tennessee to access ...
The Smokies are a beautiful place to explore in winter - but visitors should be prepared for snow, ice, high winds, bitter ...