The Great Smoky Mountains National Park stands as a beacon of biodiversity in the eastern United States, harboring an extraordinary variety of life within its mist-shrouded peaks and verdant valleys.

Nature’s amphitheater unfolds at Roan Mountain, where rolling green hills meet blue skies in a performance that never gets old. Photo credit: Brandie Smith Let me tell you, Tennessee doesn’t mess ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A long-awaited natural spectacle is unfolding in western North Carolina and along the Tennessee border. Brood XIV cicadas emerged from the ground after 17 ...

One place that’s loaded with fish but never ends up on such lists is Jefferson County, Tennessee —30 miles east of Knoxville, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) had more than 12 million visitors in 2024, or about 34,000 guests every day. That makes the 522,427-acre swath of mountains, streams, and historic ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was prompted to issue an advisory after a banned item was found on the floor of the forest. A park ranger is seen in an image posted online by the park ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park did not receive the brunt of the storm, and most gateway towns saw minimal damage compared to other communities. But keep the storm and its lasting impacts in ...