Advocates express concern about the impact on smaller historical sites. Still, tour operators are cautiously optimistic about ...

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.

Tennessee is a quintessential Southern U.S. state known for its rich history, vibrant culture, and deep ties to American music, as home to Memphis icon Elvis Presley and "Queen of Country" Dolly ...

Park rangers are some of the, if not the most, passionate people when it comes to protecting and educating people about ...

One of the best things about the mountains of Western North Carolina is that even in places we’ve seen a hundred times, we ...

With 816 square miles spanning across North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the USA with 10.7 million people visiting in 2015.

Great Smoky Mountains ... on the National Register, 2 million museum objects, dozens of community conservation and recreation projects, more than 20 million annual visitors, and nearly $4 billion ...

In the Smokies, wildflowers are out for most of the year - so volunteer Tom Harrington, 85, is too, reporting on the blooms ...

The region has so much to offer: the natural beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an array of waterfalls to visit and outstanding biodiversity. As residents and visitors enjoy the ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a social media post showing a park ranger picking up the tiny, colorful ...

Twelve Great Smoky Mountains National Park employees have reportedly been fired amid federal layoffs. More National Park Service firings are expected and could affect positions providing visitor ...