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

Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...

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

Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the mountains along the ...

Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

The popular national park area will close for several days in January while crews remove hazardous trees and brush.

If you've found your way to Townsend, nestled on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, you're already privy to ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking help to identify and document former homesites in the park. Frank March, in conjunction with Park ...

The park encourages the public to bring historic photos of old homesites, hand drawn maps or other documents that will help the park identify these locations. Several additional volunteers who are ...

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 ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of ... of 2025 moved across the Smokies and East Tennessee earlier this month.