From the outdoor adventures of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the unique attractions in downtown Gatlinburg the .

Scientists track fire histories using preserved burn scars in old-growth ... in Gatlinburg to cause real damage to trees. "Slow-burning fires feed off of decomposing leaves on the forest floor ...

The Great Smoky Mountains, a mist-shrouded subrange of the Appalachians, dominate the landscape, as well as the history and culture, of southeast Tennessee ... of the old-growth forest—some ...

(WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has released photos showing the extent of growth in the Chimney ... and killed 14 people in and around Gatlinburg. The fire burned 11,000 acres ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash was famously, like most park personnel, on vacation when fire spread from the tip of Chimney Tops and overtook Gatlinburg during ...

It was 1934; about 80 percent of the forest in the park had been decimated by logging. Much of the land belonged to 1,200 small property owners. It took the governments of Tennessee and North ...

National Park Service firefighters and the Gatlinburg Fire Department have responded to the area, and the Tennessee Division ... Goshen Prong, Old Sugarlands, Bullhead, Rainbow Falls, Alum Cave ...

National Geographic Photographer Mac Stone travels to eastern Tennessee and Great Smoky ... three miles roundtrip and passes through an old-growth forest. Cooler temperatures near the falls ...