The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Smokies) is probably on top of anyone’s list whenever they’re thinking about a nature trip, going on a hike, or climbing the mountains. Well, at least it was ...

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, a one-way scenic loop that provides access to popular areas in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is scheduled to close the night of Oct. 21 for maintenance. Park ...

On a piece of rocky ground at the base of a steep bank along the mist-shrouded Little River, oil painter Olena Babak sets up her easel. It’s late in the day to be starting a new piece - less than ...

Planned controlled burn operations are expected to occur in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Jan. 7 ...

Explore the remains of Daisy Town, an abandoned Smoky Mountain village slowly being reclaimed by nature, where empty structures and fading paths tell stories of life long gone #GhostTowns #SmokyMounta ...

Southern Appalachia affords many opportunities to watch and learn more about our diverse species of wildlife. At my home near the border of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, I see migrating ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The opposite is true. There’s a reason it’s so popular: This spectacular ...

With its bright orange color and blob-like form, witch’s butter (Tremella mesenterica) looks more like a Halloween prop than a fungus — but it’s very real, and very weird. This jelly fungus appears ...

Why Smoky Mountains campsites stay muddy long after rain ends The post Ground Saturation Issues in Great Smoky Mountains ...

Knoxville natives Sherri Gibson and Marcia League call it their “backyard.” To everyone else, it’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The two women, both in their seventies, have grown up in and ...