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All visitors centers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have reopened, the park announced in an Oct. 4 Facebook post, but some roads, campgrounds, trails and areas of the park are still closed ...
The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts.
Great Smoky Mountains has so many underrated areas. For those that want to skip the crowds, the Heintooga Spur road provides ...
According to recent travelers, the Sugarlands Visitor Center should be your first stop in the park. The center features extensive natural history exhibits and screens a free 20-minute film about ...
The nonprofit asked that visitors plan for locked bathroom facilities, including knowing how to bury their human waste ...
The Oconaluftee Visitor Center is the main welcome and information center for the North Carolina side of the park. Built in 2011, it is the first visitor center to be constructed in the park since ...
This bill, along with other funding sources, is ensuring our parks can continue to welcome millions of visitors each year and ... Read more about Center for State of the Parks: Great Smoky Mountains ...
Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... will welcome visitors back April 4, the National Park Service announced.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is urging visitor to be "Bear Aware" as black bears begin coming out of hibernation and looking for food. News Today's news ...
More recently, visitors to the Oconaluftee Visitor ... Meldrum currently works part-time as a tour guide at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, and he uses his earnings to ...