Join us this summer and fall for a series of exciting, family-friendly programs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, starting June 7. Visitors are invited to take a ...

Thousands of people enter a lottery each year. Not for $1 million, but for a brief chance see fireflies mate at night. What’s all the fuss about?

The president's budget for the 2026 year proposed cutting over $1 billion dollars from National Parks, a move that could have ...

Beginning in June, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting programs once a month featuring American Sign Language ...

It’s been nearly nine months since Hurricane Helene blew through The Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee and now, many of the trees the storm took down in the region’s forests last ...

The Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open and one of the most popular hikes in the park. However, like Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains, it is also forever changed by ...

In the Smokies, wildflowers are out for most of the year - so volunteer Tom Harrington, 85, is too, reporting on the blooms ...

It’s wildflower season in the Great Smoky Mountains, and beneath the long ... and from March through November he’s there Tuesdays and Thursdays as well. “I start out at the orientation ...

Come fall, the hardwood trees that blanket almost every inch of Great Smoky Mountains National Park transform into a riot of red, orange, yellow, and gold from mid-September to early November.

After nearly three years, the popular 4-mile trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s tallest waterfall is fully open. Why did it take so long?

You never know when you’ll cross paths with a black bear, especially in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... a real bear while visiting in early November. I didn’t have to wait long.