The length of the entire Appalachian Trail is 2,200 miles ... It is entirely free to walk the trail. However, in the Smoky Mountains, there are fees and permits required for overnight camping ...

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

June 14 will mark 56 years since Dennis Martin disappeared in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The quiet boy from ...

From stunning vistas to breathtaking beauty, these are the Most Treasured Views in East Tennessee. Here’s how to see them.

The Appalachian Trail unwinds in North Carolina along 96 mountainous miles that partially follow the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the USA with 10.7 million people visiting in 2015. The Appalachian Trail, from Maine to Georgia, runs through the center of ...

The Appalachian Trail also crosses Max Patch in the Harmon ... offers stunning 360-views with Mount Mitchell to the east and the Great Smoky Mountains to the south. Ample grassy areas make Max ...

The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee ... He and George Masa threw themselves into creating the Appalachian Trail, a hiking route that would start in the Smokies and go all the ...

Four people - two Smoky Mountains Hiking Club volunteers and two Appalachian Trail Conservancy employees - waited at the intersection of the Boulevard and Appalachian trails, watching the bundle ...

Four people — two Smoky Mountains Hiking Club volunteers and two Appalachian Trail Conservancy employees — waited at the intersection of the Boulevard and Appalachian trails, watching the ...