Firefighters continue to put out the slowly burning fire that began three weeks ago after a lightning strike, the National ...

Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a mountain ridge. Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park. Scenic, roughly 30-mi ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The Flint Gap Fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has grown again, according to park representatives.

The Flint Gap Fire remains at 46 acres and is 0% contained, but only a few areas are actively burning within the perimeter, according to the latest update by the National Park Service.

America’s most visited national park is undergoing a name change. The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is officially reverting to its ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash is leaving the park service to become the CEO and president of the Yosemite Conservancy in San Francisco. He will leave the park in ...

Korrin Bishop One of the few national parks that does not charge an admission fee, Great Smoky Mountains ... campgrounds close during the winter. Of the four visitor centers located inside the ...

the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians first settled the mountain, which they believed to be sacred, thousands of ...

the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians first settled the mountain, which they believed to be sacred, thousands of ...

The estimated size of a wildfire burning near Hannah Mountain on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...