The country’s most-visited national park had its lowest number of visits since 2018. The drop can't be attributed entirely to ...

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National ... to the country’s most visited national park abruptly dropped last ...

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

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National ... worst of the hurricane’s fury, still hosts some robust hellbender populations. Given the damage Helene ...

All visitors centers in Great Smoky Mountains ... park announced in an Oct. 4 Facebook post, but some roads, campgrounds, trails and areas of the park are still closed because of damage from ...

A missing 73-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend, park officials said. Ann Houghton was found on Sunday about a quarter mile ...

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Feb. 1 was found dead just before 2 p.m. Feb. 2, according to a news release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton, 73, was ...

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed because of damage after Hurricane Helene, and remain closed, possibly keeping away some visitors. Preliminary data shows 12,055,376 visits to ...

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains ... visited national park abruptly dropped last year by more than 1 million compared to 2023. That 9% decrease was expected way before Hurricane ...