Fortunately, Tennessee and North Carolina — the two states that share Great Smoky Mountains National Park — each have plenty of amazing Great Smoky Mountains alternatives. On the Tennessee side, the ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

Cutting or disbanding the National Park Service's Inventory and Monitoring Division would have far-flung impacts extending ...

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,  Tennessee, and the Virgin IslandsNational Parks in the SoutheastEstablished on August 7, ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking volunteers to join the Elk Rover team that shares information with visitors ...

Presidential-level barbecue hides in plain sight at this Augusta institution. Jimmy Carter once had their hash flown to the ...

Whether she was riding horseback through the Sierra Nevadas for days at a time or taking a shift inside the “box” (that’s ...

Allen, a self-described “weekend warrior,” spends his free time hiking and running in the park’s nearly half-million rugged ...

With a reduction in staff, hundreds of millions in proposed budget cuts and a mandate to prioritize visitor experience, the ...

President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Since then, our national parks have ...

For three years now, Sacha Wells, an interpretive ranger for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, has made “Ground ...