Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A popular trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will temporarily close for maintenance this week. The National Park Service will close its Abrams Falls ...

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 ...

In the forest-covered and mountainous corner of western North Carolina, bordering Tennessee, lie two of the top three most visited sites in the entire National Park Service system: Great Smoky ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is beautiful, but it gets quite busy. You can beat the crowds by checking out this ...

As the weather gets warmer, it's time to plan visits to the Smokies! Here’s when some trails and roads reopen - and when Cades Cove closes to cars.

Two years after the wildfire disaster, flames have been replaced by icicles and trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that were closed in the aftermath of the blaze have reopened. "All of ...

The park sees increased bear activity during the spring and summer months ...

Bears are active this time of year as they look for food and visitors should use “extreme caution.” Visitors were chased or ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The Flint Gap Fire is still uncontained, but crews are working to address safety concerns and improve a trail to allow firefighters to efficiently get to the fire, according ...