Bryson City and Swain County were not included under NC's limited access/no travel area rules following Helene, allowing the ...

The cliffs of Whiteside Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains near Cashiers, North Carolina, were created by millions of years of erosion. Each fall and late winter into early spring, a sleeping giant ...

Since Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina in late September, we’ve received hundreds of requests on our Facebook page ...

But that hike marked the genesis of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, a group that is not only still around but finishing out its centennial year with 800 members on its rolls. “I’m just amazed ...

Seth T. Kannarr is affiliated with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as an Education Branch VIP (Volunteer-In-Parks) part-time. Derek H. Alderman once served on the Federal Advisory ...

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas kicks off Nov. 1. The festive event features six million holiday lights, holiday shows, holiday treats, fireworks and, of course, visits from Santa.

As Tropical Storm Helene fomented in the Caribbean, it seemed likely that Great Smoky Mountains National Park would take a direct hit. The storm reached Category 4 before slamming Florida’s Gulf ...

Jacob Parlett is nearing the end of one process involving a lot of testing and retesting — and testing and retesting some more — and about to embark on another process that he hopes offers a ...

Barak said that the leaves have reached their peak for fall color in the highest elevations inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Color is beginning to show more and more in the valley as ...

The mountain city’s fortress, flanked by a castle or palace, overlooked a town surrounded by defensive walls. Tashbulak covered roughly one-eighth the territory of Tugunbulak but was still a ...