Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountains said Monday that it would host a special event on April 13 to celebrate National American Sign Language Day. A release from the park said ...

As would-be visitors start checking their calendars and planning their trips to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, there's one pesky issue they need to keep in mind: parking. In March 2023, a new ...

CAROL. THANK YOU JANE. THIS TIME OF YEAR, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HITS TOURISM SEASON STRIDE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNDERWAY, ONE POPULAR NATIONAL PARK COULD PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN. OUR PEYTON ...

Vox traveled to the Smokies to explore how these mountains get their iconic blue, hazy effect and how the Cherokee people, whose presence in the region dates back thousands of years, are connected to ...

Long before the Great Smokies’ highest peak was named in 1859 for Thomas Clingman, a U.S. senator who would later become a Confederate brigadier general, the Cherokee people knew it by a different ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — Amid high winds and burn bans throughout the region on Monday, firefighters are responding to a report of a brush fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nathan Waters ...

In the hills and mountains East Tennessee, nearly every walk or drive has great views. It's why we're a top tourist destination and why thousands of families have pointed their U-Hauls in our ...