In 1934, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on a tract of land straddling North Carolina and Tennessee. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park on Sept. 2 ...

As the most biodiverse park in the National Park System, Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers a unique launchpad for study of research.

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National ... the rule of "leave no trace:" a long-established ethical principle for hikers ...

it’s no wonder this is one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail was recently reconstructed through the Trails Forever initiative, established to ...

Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the park’s hardest-hit areas is reopening. Trails and some roads in Cataloochee ...

The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...