When a shutdown seemed inevitable, Waters got on the phone with Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s interim superintendent, Charles Sellars. With help from state officials and both U.S. senators' ...
What better way to spend a summer day than reconnecting with nature? In honor of Juneteenth, the National Park Service is waiving all entrance and parking fees for visitors to its parks on June 19. At ...
A man in North Carolina was joined by an unexpected companion as he went for a run in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Kallup McCoy II, a coach and athlete, according to his Instagram, was ...
Six out of 10 campgrounds at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed. Vehicle free days in Cade Cove will begin in June this year instead of May. Some picnic areas and pavilions are closed, too ...
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the leaves begin to change in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so does the behavior of elk. In the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the park, elk are ...
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Smokies) is probably on top of anyone’s list whenever they’re thinking about a nature trip, going on a hike, or climbing the mountains. Well, at least it was ...
After a delayed start, vehicle-free days at Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will return this summer. The Smokies will offer the first Cades Cove vehicle-free day of the year in June ...
If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...
GATLINBURG, Tn. (LEX 18) — The Gatlinburg Bypass in the Great Smoky Mountains is back open on Wednesday following a landslide on Sept. 27 that closed the roadway for several days. According to a ...
Six out of 10 campgrounds at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are closed as the spring season approaches. And that’s not the only change coming to the Smokies, as national parks across the country ...