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 ...

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

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

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.

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

There’s no question why Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most-visited national park in the United States. People ...

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 ...

Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a mountain ridge. Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park. Scenic, roughly 30-mi ...

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

At the suggestion of a New York publicity firm, the group called itself the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation ... In 1926, with the support of National Park Service director Stephen Mather ...