Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff have seen an uptick in visitors feeding bears, with three incidents in the past ...

From hikes to viewpoints, these 10 beautiful places in the Great Smoky Mountains will have you reaching for your camera time ...

In 1927, $5 million from the richest man in America - equivalent to $92 million today - secured the Great Smoky Mountains’ future as a national park.

Giant, colorful hot air balloons took to the sky Saturday afternoon at the 7th annual Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon ...

The National Park Service gave an estimate of when U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains will fully reopen ...

The average person can easily spot lichens in the woods, yet few scientists have studied the species. Now the Smokies are a hotspot for such research.

Before dawn on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Tara Dower reached the southern terminus of the 272-mile Long Trail at the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials warn that feeding bears is illegal and dangerous, reminding visitors of the ...

Set in the frosted Tennessee foothills, a three-level home-set on land that has subdivision potential-is set to be auctioned ...

Feeding bears can lead to aggression and dangerous encounters between them and humans—and the National Park Service caught ...

The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely closed the road.

Due to a landslide Aug. 1 on Newfound Gap Road/US 441, the main artery from North Carolina to Tennessee is closed indefinitely.