“Laurel Falls Trail is a beloved feature of Great Smoky Mountains National Park,” acting park Superintendent ... hike through a mixed hardwood forest. The popular trail leads to an impressive ...

The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to ...

Kephart and a few like-minded people proposed that the Smoky Mountains be made into a national park to protect the 100,000 acres of virgin forest that ... called itself the Great Smoky Mountain ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 ... Hikers are usually on the park’s trails on any given day, regardless of weather conditions.

Destination: the Great Smoky Mountains! We stayed in a beautiful cabin near the national park entrance ... and North Carolina. The park has over 800 miles of hiking trails. I got to hike three ...

Newfound Gap Road has reopened but multiple other roads within the national park are still closed after last week’s snowstorm ...

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...

During peak season, the popular national park has 10 to 12 "Volunteers in Park" on its roster for every one National Park ...