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 ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited ... park’s plants and animals with natural history exhibits. The Backcountry Permit Office is located here. Located at 1420 Little ...

(WATE) — A woman has been rescued after breaking their leg while hiking near the Alum Cave trailhead in the Great Smoky Mountains National ... in need deep in the backcountry,” THP wrote.

June, officially recognized as Great Outdoors Month, is shaping up to be a peak season for these types of unplugged escapes. More accessible than many remote backcountry huts, these 8 lodges offer ...

Celebrating its 100th birthday this year, LeConte is the only lodge located within the Great Smoky ... in the San Juan Mountains, Opus Hut is a solar-powered, European-style backcountry hut.

The loop map is free and available at visitor centers, many hotels and restaurants, and at shops and galleries along the route. For more information, visit the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community ...

National Park Service staffing cuts have created uncertainty at many of the most popular destinations, including Zion, Great Smoky Mountains ... cutthroat trout in backcountry waters, “and ...