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Scoring a campsite at popular national parks in the U.S. this summer is going to be harder than ever. Here are our favorite options nearby ...
The park lists Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 as "Red Diamond Days," when the Great Smoky Mountains ...
UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...
Perched at 6,360 feet on top of Mount Le Conte in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, LeConte Lodge is celebrating 100 years of ...
With 816 square miles spanning across North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the USA with 10.7 million people visiting in 2015.
To everyone else, it’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The two women, both in their seventies, have grown up in and around the Smokies’ 522,000 acres. “I love peace and solitude ...
Stop! Don't touch that plant! There are lots of gorgeous varieties of plants nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains for nature lovers to admire and enjoy. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...
Seeing the popularity of Aussie chicken shops, Smoky Hen co-owner Scott Lee returned to Korea to research tongdak-gui before bringing it to Melbourne. His chicken is brined for 24 hours ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that the vehicle-free days will begin on Wednesday, June 18 and continue every Wednesday through September 24. The days give pedestrians and cyclists ...
How long does it take to hike the Appalachian Trail through the Smokies? The consensus is about a week. If you’re into overnight backpacking but can’t commit to seven days, there are shorter versions ...
A dusting of freshly fallen snow covered parts of the forest floor near the summit of Mount Lemmon on Monday, May 20. Snow falling on Lemmon, the 9,157-foot high point of the Catalina Mountains ...