A celebration of the area’s rich history and diversity is free this week in Pigeon Forge! The 33rd annual Wilderness Wildlife ...

The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to monitor their populations.

The park encourages the public to bring historic photos of old homesites, hand drawn maps or other documents that will help the park identify these locations. Several additional volunteers who are ...

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

The park encourages the public to bring historic photos of old homesites, hand drawn maps or other documents that will help the park identify these locations. Several additional volunteers who are ...

It is estimated that more than 2,400 former homesites can be found in the park. 70% of these homesites have been identified, ...

However, multiple Great Smoky Mountains National Park roads remain closed due to snow and ice. Newfound Gap, a major road through the Smokies, reopened just before 9 a.m. Jan. 16, the park announced.

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.

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

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed because of damage after Hurricane Helene, and remain closed, possibly keeping away some visitors. Preliminary data shows 12,055,376 visits to the ...

U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee, North Carolina, is closed due to snow and ice, along with several other roads within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Sugarlands ...