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.

Laurel Creek Road in Great Smoky Mountains reopens after rockslide blocked it for nearly 12 hours. Vehicles could exit during the initial closure.

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 ...

Which, come to think of it, may give new meaning to Bald River Falls. Sam Venable’s column appears every Sunday. Contact him at sam.venable@outlook.com.

She’s studied insects at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for around 20 years. Starting in March, the park service uses daily minimum and maximum temperatures to calculate when peak season ...

But Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a “hot spot” from word of mouth and because it’s protected from development, light pollution and pesticides. The rich, moist forest floor of Great Smoky is ...

Only 120 cars are allowed in for each of eight nights every year during peak season, Katie Liming, Chief of Staff at Great Smoky Mountains National Park told the Times-News. “We can predict when ...

With their flattened bodies, wrinkly skin, and stone-colored camouflage, hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) can be almost impossible to spot — unless you catch a glimpse of their tiny ...