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The Most Popular National Parks in the U.S.
Photo by Elena_Suvorova/Shutterstock Whether you’re looking to slowly drive past a bison herd, scale colossal mountain peaks, ...
Opinion: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters
Place naming is only truly reparative if these processes truly reflect the agency and intent of these historically oppressed ...
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Word from the Smokies: I-40 rebuild offers rare opportunity for wildlife conservation
The scale of Helene’s damage was unfathomable, with 101 people confirmed dead in North Carolina alone and ... falls mostly ...
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Georgia To Maine In 5 Months: Gillette Man Hikes 2,198-Mile Appalachian Trail
About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...
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Invasive parachuting spiders spotted in Cades Cove
At least two invasive Joro spiders have been spotted in Cades Cove, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopens scenic route more than a month after Helene
Drivers can once again enjoy the scenic views on Foothills Parkway East. But some areas in the county’s most-visited national ...
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Blue Ridge Parkway section reopens near Asheville, visitors can reach Graveyard Fields
The section of the Blue Ridge Parkway between near N.C 151, and U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest, reopened Tropical Storm ...
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100-year-old Smoky Mountains Hiking Club is older than the park | Word from the Smokies
For example, in 1966, SMHC organized the Save Our Smokies Hike to protest the National Park Service’s plan to build a road connecting Bryson City, North Carolina, to Townsend, Tennessee.