How to get a free national park pass No special passes are needed for parking on June 19. Just show up! More chances to park for free at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Other upcoming National ...

Birds, bees, bears, dragonflies, salamanders, hemlocks, fungi: scientific research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park addresses a wide swath of subjects. From Tennessee, North Carolina, South ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so take the early mornings to your advantage to enjoy a more serene hike. Most visitors arrive between 10 and 11 a ...

Gray wolves near tree trunk. Photo by M L via Unsplash. The successful reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 represents one of America’s most celebrated conservation ...

With 816 square miles spanning across North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the USA with 10.7 million people visiting in 2015.

How can I get in to see the synchronous fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Vehicle parking passes will be available through a lottery that opens at 10 a.m. May 2 on recreation.gov ...

Instead of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina/Tennessee... Visit Shenandoah National Park in Virginia While hiking any part of the 500 miles of trails (including stretches of ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Federal cuts to the National Park Service and United States Forest Service could impact East Tennessee — especially at the most visited national park in the country. The ...

An avid hiker who volunteered at the 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.

Ann Houghton, 73, was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she failed to return home from her hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Jan. 28-29. A search m ...

A pickup truck drives by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance as a more than mile-long convoy of vehicles is lead out of the popular tourist spot near Townsend, Tenn., on Friday, July ...

In July 1924, a group pitched the idea of the Smoky Mountains as a national park. This weekend, Knoxville will celebrate its pivotal role in making it a landmark.