Saturday afternoon, protests transpired at the Townsend entrance of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, marking the ...

Indiscriminate, illegal firing of NPS employees will have immediate impact on tourism. A recent study showed the Park brings ...

Despite Saturday’s campfire ban, people in Great Smoky Mountains National Park picnic areas can still used cook stoves with ...

Ecologists have had early success in a fresh attempt to reintroduce the native smoky mouse to a protected area in southern NSW. Experts say the first groups of released mice are breeding and ...

Tokyo, Japan: Two Japanese tourists, a male and a female in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China for clicking pictures showing exposed buttocks at the Great Wall, according to AFP.

Tokyo: Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China and later deported for taking inappropriate photos at the Great Wall, according to local media reports. To advertise ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a social media post showing a park ranger picking up the tiny, colorful ...

Escape to one of the most magical places in Tennessee with a getaway deep into the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Smokies have a ... a cold winter as vines crawl up large old trees and ...

Pack out all trash or toss it in a bear-proof trash can.” Photo courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Attendance jumped almost 15% from 2023’s visitor tally of 14.95 million. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles North Carolina and Tennessee, brought in the most visitors among the ...