This stunning backcountry drive links Great Smoky Mountains to the Blue Ridge Parkway, while somehow avoiding the crowds!

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is beautiful, but it gets quite busy. You can beat the crowds by checking out this ...

These scenic routes pair national parks, theme parks and historic sites with family-friendly campgrounds across the U.S.

Every year, 20,000 families apply for fewer than 1,000 parking passes to a unique event at the Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Three local news sources can provide the news headlines from the area: WBIR, WATE, WVLT. Ijams Nature Center: Ijams offers ...

Three local news sources can provide the news headlines from the area: WBIR, WATE, WVLT. The History Parlor is free and open ...

The country’s most-visited national park is getting a little bigger. A plan to expand Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in motion, involving land previously owned by 19th-century Cades Cove ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is getting bigger thanks to a land transfer from the ...

Bears are active this time of year as they look for food and visitors should use “extreme caution.” Visitors were chased or ...

The nation’s most visited national park is about to get a bit bigger. A land transfer is set to add more than 600 acres to ...

Gatlinburg SkyPark is one of the Smoky Mountains’ most iconic attractions, best known for its record-setting SkyBridge.

The United States national parks recorded nearly 332 million visits in 2024, the highest number of visits ever. And with 63 ...