March, the chaotic wind of a descending helicopter whipped the calm skies above the Appalachian Trail near Icewater Spring ...

National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is celebrating one of its guests who has been returning to the park time and time again for the past 90 years.

The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red Diamond Days," when the Great Smoky Mountains ...

What every one should know about black bears before visiting Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee.

A stay at LeConte Lodge is well worth the trek. It was seven o’clock on a cool summer evening in East Tennessee as my mom and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has reopened the Cosby Area following the construction of a new culvert under Cosby Entrance Road.

Gatlinburg has been named the best small town in the Volunteer State by World Atlas. The East Tennessee town is a tourist mecca filled with family activities, adventure parks, and, of course, the ...

His work came to fruition just one year after his death, when Congress chartered the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which today receives 12.5 million visitors a year. Like his better-known ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) - A portion of the Foothills Parkway has closed for a second time since Saturday morning’s earthquake. After the earthquake, a portion of Foothills Parkway West was shut down ...

Looking for the coolest campsites with great views of the Smokies? These were the best in East Tennessee in USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.