Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country’s most popular national park sites. It offers postcard-perfect views and plentiful wildlife. In-person purchases can be made at a variety of ...

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

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

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 ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is asking the public to come forward with historic documents that could help identify ...

Scenic, roughly 30-mile-long Newfound Gap – U.S. Route 441 – runs through the center of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into ...

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.

The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...

TONS OF POLLUTION ARE EMITTED FROM THE TOP FIVE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LIKELY IMPACTING THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK The mountains originally got their name — the Smokies — from the ...