Get off the beaten path in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with this guide including local expert tips to avoid ...

Abrams Falls Trail and trailhead parking lot will close June 16 through June 18 for maintenance. Visitors will not have access to the falls from any trail during the closure. Alternate trails to hike ...

The National Park Service will begin a major rehabilitation on Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail will close for 18 months starting ...

The Great Smoky Mountains are arguably the most popular national park in the United States. More than 13 million people visited in 2023, which was more than other well-traveled parks such as Yosemite, ...

Outside’s national parks columnist braved America’s busiest national park before a coalition of local governments and ...

Ruby Falls is an underground waterfall located over 1,000 feet beneath Lookout Mountain in East Tennessee. Travelers visit ...

The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the National Park Service. Laurel Falls Trail attracts as many as 375,000 people ...

The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Smokies) is probably on top of anyone’s list whenever they’re thinking about a nature trip, going on a hike, or climbing the mountains. Well, at least it was ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Two hikers were seriously injured after falling from the Cataract Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on July 3, according to a spokesperson with the ...

As the weather turns colder, snow is falling on the tops of the Great Smoky Mountains. The LeConte Lodge posted pictures of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Overnight Wednesday, Dec. 6 snowfall coated parts of the Great Smoky Mountains. According to the WATE 6 On Your Side Storm Team, scattered snow flurries and snow showers were ...