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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National ... and East Tennessee, home to some of the healthiest across its range. Though many of the park’s streams ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the weather begins to warm up in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, those planning a trip to the wilderness might run into messy trails, unkempt ...

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.

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 ...