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

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.

While most people assume the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited in the U.S., that title actually belongs to the Blue Ridge Parkway. In 2023, the scenic byway that winds through ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced Friday that the Cosby Area of the park has reopened to visitors after the completion of some infrastructure work.

UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...

The most diverse collection of wildflowers at any national park is now in bloom in the Great Smoky Mountains. Jacqui Sieber with WUOT in Knoxville, Tennessee, stopped to smell those flowers.

With popular destinations like Yellowstone and Zion hit hard by staffing cuts, nearby state parks offer beauty and majesty ...

Sojourn Lodging, a new boutique tiny house hotel concept in the Smoky Mountains, is officially open and now welcoming guests. Located just outside Pigeon Forge and near the Wears Valley entrance to ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A woman has been rescued after breaking their leg while hiking near the Alum Cave trailhead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Around 8:15 a.m. Friday ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A Tennessee Army National Guard crew departed from their base at McGhee Tyson Airport Wednesday afternoon and flew to a remote part of the Great Smoky ...