Despite Saturday’s campfire ban, people in Great Smoky Mountains National Park picnic areas can still used cook stoves with ...

During the ban, the only burning and cooking allowed is with cookstoves with gas containers and gas grills with on/off ...

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

Spring visits to the Smokies will be different this year. Areas are closed and program start dates are delayed amid federal staffing and budget cuts.

A parkwide fire ban has been issued for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to dry conditions and low relative ...

Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains as a National Park. Don’t miss the obligatory photo straddling the North ...

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 ...

A “high fire alert” prompted the National Park Service on Saturday, March 1, 2025, to ban campfires and charcoal use until further notice in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. National Park ...

Due to continued dry conditions, winds, and high fire danger, the National Park Service is banning all campfires and charcoal use in Great Smoky Mountains National Park effective immediately. The fire ...

a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson announced Thursday. The immediate ban applies to all campfires and charcoal use on both the Tennessee and North Carolina sides of the park.