Just four rangers bear the responsibility of patrolling 850 miles of hiking trails and monitoring more than 100 backcountry ...

I was fortunate enough to join my family this year for the holidays in Tennessee. Destination: the Great Smoky Mountains! We stayed in a beautiful cabin near the national park entrance. Of course, ...

People enjoy hiking for a variety of reasons, but the Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers an odd but intriguing one.

Hikers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have one less trail to reach Mount LeConte most weekdays. Bullhead Trail in the park will close Monday through Thursday each week, excluding federal ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — With spring right around the corner, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is gearing up for the next round of hikers. So which hikes are perfect as the weather ...

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 ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park and its partners have announced the expansion of adaptive ranger-led programs in 2024. The ranger-led programs are designed for visitors ...

Southern mountain towns offer a rare combination of scenic beauty, relaxed pace of life, and affordability that makes them ...

While hiking deep in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, explorers stumbled upon bizarre, ancient-looking rock formations—with no clear origin or explanation. Were they built by early settlers, ...