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

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 ...

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.

Join me as I share the national pabest Smoky Mountain vacation ideas for every traveler based on my experience exploring the ...

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

Conservation groups say the closures could be because of recent federal budget cuts to the National Park Service.

The colorful shreds of paper and plastic litter the environment and violate the rule of "leave no trace:" a long-established ...

Park service officials said Monday the burn ban had been lifted and that visitors could now have campfires and use charcoal ...

Two protests were held in Knoxville against DOGE and Tesla. Another was held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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 ...