From the purple dwarf crested iris to the elusive yellow lady’s slipper, over 1,500 flowering plant species are blossoming at ...

A multiyear rehabilitation project will close Bullhead Trail on certain days until the fall. Here's when you can and can't hike the trail starting May 5.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has recorded about nine fatalities per year, most also caused by vehicle crashes. Sixty of the 150 deaths since 2007 were blamed on vehicle wrecks.

The longest zipline in America just opened to adventurers this week at WildSide in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This is what ...

National Park Week is no exception. The Great Smoky Mountains were voted most popular place to visit during National Park Week in a recent Gunther Volvo Coconut Creek poll.

The phrase “flyover country” conjures flat stretches of grassland, dotted with cattle and cornfields. In truth, the Midwest ...

From Maine to Florida, the U.S. National Park System offers more than a few gems on the East Coast. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to ...

Some parks, like the rugged Great Basin National Park in Nevada and the ancient Redwood National Park in California, are free to visit all year round, but most parks charge admission fees that vary by ...

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze. Today ...

It doesn't get much dreamier than an A-frame cabin nestled in the woods. Add to that some swoon-worthy amenities and a quick drive to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and you've got all the ...

We are already 20 percent of the way there. It’s official: Sunset Dunes will be the name for San Francisco’s new oceanfront park replacing the Upper Great Highway, the Recreation and Parks Commission ...

Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the ...