The Laurel Falls trail will close in January for 18 months. The National Park Service will close one of the most popular ...

More than 300,000 visitors hike it every year. Here's what the rehabilitation will look like and when it will open again.

Once finished, the Smokies said there will be new features at the popular spot, such as new viewing platforms that will ...

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 oth ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular national park sites. It offers postcard-perfect views and plentiful wildlife. World-renowned for its biodiversity, the beauty ...

Laurel Falls Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains will close for 18 months starting January 2025 for rehabilitation.

The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the ...

To fill his quiet evening hours, Kephart wrote a book, Camping and Woodcraft ... the group called itself the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association. Soon, the mountains themselves were ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer ... Although the park is open daily year-round, some visitor centers, campgrounds and historic attractions close during ...

U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road and the new section of Foothills Parkway West are closed to traffic on Dec. 11 because of ice and ...

As Smokies school coordinator at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, Anne Thomas-Abbott sees firsthand the power of ...