The colorful shreds of paper and plastic litter the environment and violate the rule of "leave no trace:" a long-established ...

Join me as I share the national pabest Smoky Mountain vacation ideas for every traveler based on my experience exploring the ...

You know that old saying – it’s not about the destination but the journey itself? This is how I feel about a Raleigh to the ...

Some of the items in stores at visitor centers have an extra connection to the park: they're the work of current or retired rangers and volunteers.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was prompted to issue an advisory after a banned item was found on the floor of the ...

The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts. Here's what it could mean for visitors this year.

Twelve Great Smoky Mountains National Park employees have reportedly been fired amid federal layoffs. More National Park ...

National parks saw a record-breaking 331.8 million visitors in the last year, a 2% increase from the previous year. Great ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park ...

Two park advocates urge us to act now before this treasure, given to us by our ancestors, is destroyed by an unelected ...

The cuts targeted federal employees across all departments with “probationary status” because they have been hired in the past year. Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the ...

Subscribe today. I’ve spent the last two decades exploring Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and have become utterly fascinated by its duality. On the one hand, GSMNP is the epitome of a ...