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With cut funds, national park visitors have concerns over sustaining the beloved locations. Slowly but surely, we are ...
The major route through the most popular national park - closed after a washout damaged the road - should reopen for leaf-peeping.
The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely ...
Part of the major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park remained closed days after heavy rain caused a landslide.
Mount Mitchell State Park is a great alternative. This protected area is home to the highest peak in North Carolina, meaning ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed on the Tennessee side ...
There have been more than 150 crashes this year. Rangers will be stationed throughout the park to slow drivers down.
Great Smoky Mountains is the most visited national park in the country, with 12.9 million visitors in 2022. It covers a half-million acres of rugged, heavily forested terrain on the Western North ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been named the best national park in the United States in a recent study shared by online publication Travel Lens.
The Great Smoky Mountains is, by far, the most popular national park. In 2015 it welcomed about 11 million visitors, nearly twice as many as second-ranked Grand Canyon.
I recently visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee for the first time. I was surprised by some of the park's unique features, like free entry and historic settlements.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will require visitors who park for more than 15 minutes to get a parking tag, according to a Jan. 17 news release from the park.