Great Smoky Mountains National Park has up to 150 rescue missions a year. Here's how to avoid getting lost on a hike - and ...

The country’s most-visited national park has a familiar face permanently taking over the superintendent position.

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With the age of the Great Smoky Mountains forest, many trees have hit their average lifespan. The park's tree crew prunes or ...

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The Great Smoky Mountain National Park ranks as most popular in the U.S. in a recent poll. National Park Week runs from Saturday, April 19 through Sunday, April 27. National Park Week is no exception.

A flight crew with the Tennessee Army National Guard rescued a Great Smoky Mountains National Park hiker "suffering from ...

You could spend a week exploring Great Smoky Mountains National Park and still feel like you barely scratched the surface. As much as we would like to spend two weeks exploring the most popular ...

After my favorite mountain towns started to get too crowded with tourists, I found a new favorite entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

“After a few minutes rendering aid, the hiker and [paramedic] were then hoisted into the Blackhawk helicopter hovering above, ...

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The fate of democracy was fragile when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...