On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 degrees below zero are possible. Roads and areas of the popular park ...
Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...
The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer ... October weekends draw those in search of autumn foliage. Since the park has a diverse topography with elevations ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular national park ... rare synchronous fireflies in late May/early June and spectacular foliage in autumn. Read more about Safe ...
The National Park Service will close one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park next month as part of a more than year-long improvement effort. Starting Jan. 6 ...
However, multiple Great Smoky Mountains National Park roads remain closed due to snow and ice. Newfound Gap, a major road through the Smokies, reopened just before 9 a.m. Jan. 16, the park announced.
The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to ...
The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...