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 ...

There’s no question why Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most-visited national park in the United States. People ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

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

The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to ...

Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.

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 determine ...

A hiker, who had been reported as missing, was found dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sunday.

Newfound Gap Road has reopened but multiple other roads within the national park are still closed after last week’s snowstorm ...