Visitors have questions about the country’s most-visited national park amid the government shutdown. Here’s what’s open and what’s about to close.

This not-so-secret Smoky Mountain gem was named the best small town in Tennessee. World Atlas dubbed Townsend as the best ...

This gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains, America s most-visited national park, has kept its small-town feel even as ...

While some roads remain closed for the winter, with Christmas approaching, the reopening of these key routes is good news for ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers who had been furloughed have returned to work, but the shutdown's effects are still being assessed.

Rangers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park safely rescued a young black bear using a backhoe and teamwork after it became ...

Newfound Gap Road is set to close late Dec. 4 as winter weather rolls through East Tennessee. Here's when and what the ...

Unlike a lot of what’s happened during the shutdown, there is some precedent for how reimbursement could work.

Ramsey Cascades Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed most weekdays beginning April 15, the National Park Service announced. The trail is temporarily closing while crews finish a ...

A new study ranked the best U.S. national parks to visit in fall—Great Smoky Mountains tops the list, followed by Acadia, Zion, and Rocky Mountain.

More than 30 apple trees persist on The Purchase at the national park. They're more than 125 years old, and their DNA is being studied.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Scouts are now able to receive Resource Stewardship Ranger patches while participating in education activities or volunteer service projects in the Great Smoky Mountains ...