The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

The Laurel Falls trail will close in January for 18 months. The National Park Service will close one of the most popular ...

It just got easier to hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park thanks to an extensive renovation of a popular trail that leads to the park’s tallest waterfall. The Ramsey Cascades Trail is ...

The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...

The major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Gatlinburg and Cherokee, North Carolina, reopened around 12:30 p.m. Dec. 5, park officials announced. Newfound Gap Road had been ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular national park sites. It offers postcard-perfect views and plentiful wildlife. World-renowned for its biodiversity, the beauty ...

The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park hikers looking to explore Laurel Falls Trail will have to find another option over the next year and a half. The popular trail will close in January for major ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the other hand, is famous for its rolling mist-covered mountains, lush forests, and diverse wildlife. Nature lovers come for the range of trails ...

GATLINBURG, T.N. (FOX Carolina) - The National Park Service (NPS) announced that Laurel Falls Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will close in 2025 for rehabilitation. NPS said the trail ...

The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the National Park Service. Laurel Falls Trail attracts as many as 375,000 ...