It’s not every day that the name of a mountain is restored to the one used by Indigenous peoples for centuries.

The Cherokee people have a long and rich history in the Great Smoky Mountains. where Kuwohi is “the closest place you’ll be ...

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

Kuwohi Road (formerly Clingmans Dome Road) remains closed ... between Gatlinburg and Cherokee, North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to the threat of snow and ice overnight.

North Carolina, Bishop allegedly bludgeoned his wife, mother, and three sons to death in Bethesda, Maryland. Bishop’s car was ...

These roads are now open after the season's first snow event in the Smokies. The popular national park begins to recover from ...

Kuwohi, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, is the highest peak within ... Crowe posted to her Facebook, saying that Great Smoky Mountains National Park should do the same. The suggestion sparked ...

18, 2024, to formally agree to rename the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National ... the peak “Clingmans Dome” after his friend Thomas Lanier Clingman, a North Carolina U.S ...

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park have experienced “substantial damage,” particularly on the North Carolina side of the park. Many facilities, roads, trails and campgrounds are now ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is also the most visited, welcoming more than 10 million travelers annually. The 522,427-acre park is shared by Tennessee and North Carolina, with the border ...