The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red Diamond Days," when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will likely have "heavily congested roadways and completely full ...

A stay at LeConte Lodge is well worth the trek. It was seven o’clock on a cool summer evening in East Tennessee as my mom and ...

A Tennessee rescue team is working to help an injured hiker near the Alum Cave Trailhead in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June ... as well as road closures due to snow, although the lower elevations enjoy a more mild climate with winter ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park reports it has 14 inches at Mount ... officials said. Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the ...

With popular destinations like Yellowstone and Zion hit hard by staffing cuts, nearby state parks offer beauty and majesty ...

US 441/Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee is closed to all traffic April 2 because of high winds, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The major road through the ...

The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particularly these venomous ones.

This hidden gem has some of the best views in the park and far less traffic. – Korrin Bishop Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a mountain ridge. Newfound Gap ...