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Abrams Falls Trail will close for three days for trail maintenance. But there are other hikes to waterfalls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

HARTFORD, Tenn. -- Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

At Great Smoky Mountains Nation Park, which doesn't charge an entrance fee, that means visitors on June 19 will not have to buy parking passes that day, which are normally required to park for ...

6/19/25 12:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am CT Update: While this closure is in the same area of I-40 damaged during Hurricane Helene, the damage *is not* as extensive. Crews are working to clean large amounts ...