It's spring in East Tennessee, which means the weather is warming, flowers are blooming and black bears are waking up. ...

On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a social media post showing a park ranger picking up the tiny, colorful ...

I first fell in love with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a visit in the spring, and now that I live in TN, it is ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park ...

Each product bears intricate designs depicting ... made when the items sell supports the mission of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “It’s a good way for those programs to pay for ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway maintained high visitation rates in 2024. A March 5 memo from ...

Some of the items in stores at visitor centers have an extra connection to the park: they're the work of current or retired rangers and volunteers.