Due to a looming widespread federal government funding freeze, the National Park Service said it had to lay off over 2,000 ...

Even so, “winter is a beautiful time to explore the Great Smoky Mountains,” National Park Service spokesperson Dave Barak told Knox News after the first winter storm of 2025 moved across the Smokies ...

A 73-year-old missing hiker was found deceased in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend ... Aug. 17 on Foothills Parkway, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated the ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which sprawls across a half-million acres of rugged, forested terrain in Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, is one of the most-visited national ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing.

U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee, North Carolina, is now open to traffic following the Jan. 10 winter storm that dumped up to 6 inches of snow in areas across East Tennessee.

A missing 73-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National ... to hike in the park, which straddles the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, from Jan ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee as part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The park encompasses 816.28 squares miles. Elevations range from ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of ... of 2025 moved across the Smokies and East Tennessee earlier this month.

is now open to traffic following the Jan. 10 winter storm that dumped up to 6 inches of snow in areas across East Tennessee. However, multiple Great Smoky Mountains National Park roads remain ...