The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer ... with lows at or below freezing. January and February are the months with the most snowfall and lodging rates are ...

Six months after hurricane floods tore through Tennessee and North Carolina, historic Cataloochee Valley sites will welcome back visitors.

Here are the Great Smoky Mountains National operational changes that will affect ... perhaps through their elected officials and that sort of thing,” Wade told Knox News in February. More than 1,600 ...

The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts.

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. Ann Houghton, 73, was discovered just before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 ...

Burn operations might begin Feb. 3 and continue through Feb. 5 ... More information about prescribed burns in Great Smoky ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has relied on 200 permanent employees ... positions on board in the parks before the summer season hits," Wade told NPR in a Feb. 26 report. The Smokies is the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular ... Festival Debut Press Release Wildlife Protection Documentary Makes Film Festival Debut Feb 2023 The Boone Docs Film ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a social media post showing a park ranger picking up the tiny, colorful ...

Major roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park remain closed ... Roads that have reopened as of Feb. 21 include: Occasional snow showers continuing throughout Feb. 20 potentially added an ...

A release from GSMNP originally said the prescribed burns were taking place on Feb. 13 to March 3. Staff with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said they are planning to conduct burn ...

Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the park’s hardest-hit areas is reopening. Trails and some roads in Cataloochee ...