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Tucked into the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Pigeon Forge is a playground promising adventure. Whether visiting ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers 800-plus miles of hiking trails, including some that take you to breathtaking waterfalls like Abrams, Grotto and Laurel falls. Tennessee's top tourist ...
A spokesperson for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said a total of five campgrounds are anticipated to reopen in May.
Hikers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have one less trail to reach ... contributed more than $4 million to rehabilitation projects, including on Abrams Falls, Trillium Gap, Rainbow Falls, ...
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.
TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — Bagpipes, kilts, and battle-axes will return to Townsend May 17 and 18 for the 43rd Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival & Games. The annual festival will be held from 8 a.m ...
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 ...
The synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park put on a dazzling light show every year. Peak viewing for the natural spectacle begins May 29 near Elkmont Campground.
Pennsylvania's state flower is the mountain laurel.Gov. Gifford Pinchot chose it more than 90 years ago. The General Assembly passed two bills, each naming a different favorite shrub – mountain ...
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 ...
A hiker with a broken leg was forced to wait until the next day for rescue due to treacherous weather in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. The accident happened Thursday ...