July is the hottest month in Gatlinburg, according to the National Weather Service. Though Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are only a few miles apart, their average climate in the summer is surprisingly ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway, the Olympic Peninsula Loop, and Utah's Mighty Five are some of the best routes in the USA for a national park road trip.

Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from ...

Taking a drive along this stretch of North Carolina road offers the chance to not only see stunning waterfalls but to take a ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

As the most biodiverse park in the National Park System, Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers a unique launchpad for study of research.

Join us this summer and fall for a series of exciting, family-friendly programs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, starting June 7. Visitors are invited to take a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fuels scientific discovery with the park’s unique geology, topography and meteorology.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Helene was a mighty storm, but the North Carolina mountain communities that have reemerged from the mud are proving they’re stronger. Nearly all of the region that was ...

Brood XIV cicadas have emerged from the ground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and will greet visitors over the holiday weekend in large numbers, park officials said. NPS photo Tens of ...

By the time I hopped back onto my front porch, the clouds opened up, heavy raindrops obscuring the ancient ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains cradling this community. The sound of the raindrops ...

Back Country Camp 47 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park features a challenging 3.2-mile hike rewarded with a rustic pedestrian bridge over Raven Fork and a primitive riverside campsite.