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

The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red Diamond Days," when the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Memorial Day Weekend is expected to be among the busiest time of the year for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red ...

UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...

From scenic hikes to downtown strolls and local eats, here are some cheap things to do in Gatlinburg, TN, during your next ...

It was seven o’clock on a cool summer evening in East Tennessee as my mom and I grabbed extra layers and headlamps to make the short trek to Cliff Tops, an area known for extraordinary sunsets (if not ...

While most people assume the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited in the U.S., that title actually belongs to the Blue Ridge Parkway. In 2023, the scenic byway that winds through ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Campers planning to spend time in the Great Smoky Mountains will soon have more locations where they can stake their tents. A spokesperson for the Great Smoky ...

To everyone else, it’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The two women, both in their seventies, have grown up in and around the Smokies’ 522,000 acres. “I love peace and solitude ...

If you haven't been to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), you've most likely at least heard its hype, considering it's the most popular park in America, racking up almost 12 million ...