Right now is prime leaf-peeping season in the Smokies. Take a look at our photos of the colorful trees in the national park.

At the suggestion of a New York publicity firm, the group called itself the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association. Soon, the mountains themselves were referred to as the Great Smokies.

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 ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The historic Noah "Bud" Ogle Cabin has been preserved. Last year, a storm tore off the ...

Exploring Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National ... For a bird's-eye view of the park, Clingmans Dome, the highest point, provides a 360-degree panorama of the surrounding ...

NPS officials are reminding drivers that no commercial vehicles are allowed on this main road connecting Cherokee in North Carolina to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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 southernmost section of the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is open again to visitors.

Kuwohi, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, is the highest peak within the tribe’s ancestral homeland and offers a sweeping view of treetops throughout the Great Smoky Mountains. It’s “the ...

TONS OF POLLUTION ARE EMITTED FROM THE TOP FIVE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LIKELY IMPACTING THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK The mountains originally got their name — the Smokies — from the ...

Korrin Bishop One of the few national parks that does not charge an admission fee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is also the most visited, welcoming more than 10 million travelers annually.