There are many things that can make hiking potentially risky, but one of the most dangerous Great Smoky Mountain trails has ...

What better way to spend a summer day than reconnecting with nature? In honor of Juneteenth, the National Park Service is waiving all entrance and parking fees for visitors to its parks on June 19. At ...

There's no shortage of charming mountain towns nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, offering the perfect setting for an ...

When a shutdown seemed inevitable, Waters got on the phone with Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s interim superintendent, ...

Drivers through Great Smoky Mountains National Park should slow down for safety, the National Park Service warns. To help with the effort, the park will have increased traffic safety enforcement over ...

If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...

What people driving through the country’s most-visited national park amid the shutdown need to know about roads, trails and ...

SEVIER CO., Tenn. (WSMV) - An injured hiker was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after he was rescued from a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on ...

Ryan Lakes was found dead in the Big Creek area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sept. 21 National Park Service A missing 21-year-old man has been found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National ...