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Newfound Gap Road, also known as US 441, has closed on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park because ...
Part of the major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park remained closed days after heavy rain caused a landslide.
The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely ...
There have been more than 150 crashes this year. Rangers will be stationed throughout the park to slow drivers down.
With cut funds, national park visitors have concerns over sustaining the beloved locations. Slowly but surely, we are ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the mountain ridges of Tennessee and North Carolina, drawing visitors from ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so take the early mornings to your advantage to enjoy a more serene hike. Most visitors arrive between 10 and 11 a ...
With few exceptions, all vehicles parking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 15 minutes now need a parking tag as part of the park's new Park It Forward program.
Great Smoky Mountians National Park ranks as No. 2 in U.S. for wildlife sightings The Smokies are home to more than 19,000 species There's some bear-y exciting news! The Great Smoky Mountains ...
Since armadillos were first spotted in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2019, 9 park sightings have been reported through the iNaturalist app.
The Great Smoky Mountains is, by far, the most popular national park. In 2015 it welcomed about 11 million visitors, nearly twice as many as second-ranked Grand Canyon.