A Gatlinburg tourist found herself just inches away from two black bears while riding Rail Runner Smoky Mountain at Anakeesta ...

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A woman taking a scenic trip through the Tennessee Mountains got more than she bargained for when she came face to face with ...

If you haven’t been to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), you’ve most likely at least heard its hype, ...

Gatlinburg is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, for which the black bear is an iconic symbol: it is a protected bear habitat in the United States, and biologists estimate around ...

One place that’s loaded with fish but never ends up on such lists is Jefferson County, Tennessee—30 miles ... old-growth timber in the eastern United States. It was in the Smokies where ...

As stated on the website for the National Park Service, “Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States where black bears can live in wild ...