The Smokies are a beautiful place to explore in winter - but visitors should be prepared for snow, ice, high winds, bitter ...

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

Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...

Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the mountains along the ...

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 ...

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

After years of vacationing in the Smokies, Scott and Jayne Young had no trouble deciding where they wanted to retire. In 2016, they sold their lakeside home in Ohio and moved to Gatlinburg.

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.

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

The popular national park area will close for several days in January while crews remove hazardous trees and brush.