Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The opposite is true. There’s a reason it’s so popular: This ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the U.S. With halves in North Carolina and Tennessee, it features over 520,000 acres to wander.

Like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway is also free to enter and drive, easily accessible, and open year-round.It’s designed for scenic driving, with countless ...

In addition to the I-40 closure, at least 20 North Carolina mountain roads are now listed off limits to large trucks after ...

Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky ...

HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Trucks have gotten stuck on twisty narrow mountain roads and are banned on another major highway through the area U.S. 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More Stories Keep Reading ...

Interstate 40 in western North Carolina, the 20 miles in both directions nearest the Tennessee border, remains closed from flooding and a rockslide.

At Great Smoky Mountains Nation Park, which doesn't charge an entrance fee, that means visitors on June 19 will not have to buy parking passes that day, which are normally required to park for ...

Maintenance along popular roads, including the Spur, will require temporary single-lane closures and partial road closures beginning June 3, the National Park Service announced.