Despite being one of the top mountain towns in the U.S. with the best hikes, its crowded nature leaves some tourists craving quieter towns that are at the Great Smoky Mountains' d ...

Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... School Cataloochee Creek Road to the Old Cataloochee Entrance Road Bridge Old Highway ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The National Park ... Cataloochee Creek Road to the Old Cataloochee Entrance Road Bridge Old Highway 284. Visitors will be able to drive Cataloochee Valley ...

Ambler’s group petitioned Congress to create a Forest Preserve, making Asheville the earliest promoter of Great Smoky Mountains National ... wildlife, and historic objects” and “provide ...

Every year, millions of people visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park to experience ... fast food bags and old tires flung along roadsides, and plastic bags or balloons hung in treetops.

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across ...

An analysis of data from 1999 through 2023 shows 93% of parks and wilderness areas saw improved air quality on clear days.

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in ... across that same valley to the Cumberland Mountains. A 26-year-old federal regulation known as the regional haze rule has helped ...