Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular national park sites. It offers postcard-perfect views and plentiful wildlife. World-renowned for its biodiversity, the beauty ...

Right now is prime leaf-peeping season in the Smokies. Take a look at our photos of the colorful trees in the national park.

At the suggestion of a New York publicity firm, the group called itself the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association. Soon, the mountains themselves were referred to as the Great Smokies.

If you postponed a leaf-peeping trip to the Smokies because of Hurricane Helene, here’s what you need to know about fall ...

Visitors from across the nation flock to East Tennessee to look at the fall colors at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Roads and scenic routes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park continue to reopen one month after Hurricane Helene caused “substantial damage” in the area. Foothills Parkway East near Cosby is ...

Kuwohi, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, is the highest peak within the tribe’s ancestral homeland and offers a sweeping view of treetops throughout the Great Smoky Mountains. It’s “the ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

The lodge, situated just below the 6,593-foot summit of Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, reported getting 4 inches of fresh powder. Snow first appears in the mountains at ...

AT maintainers celebrated by reblazing all 72 miles of the trail’s Great Smoky Mountains section with a fresh round of iconic white rectangles. Club volunteers gathered at the Smoky Mountains Hiking ...

TONS OF POLLUTION ARE EMITTED FROM THE TOP FIVE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LIKELY IMPACTING THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK The mountains originally got their name — the Smokies — from the ...