The nonprofit Friends of the Smokies will help pay to fully reopen Great Smoky Mountains National Park for one week during ...

Even from a distance of 75 yards, wildlife photographer Nate Nelson gets nervous taking pictures of black bear cubs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A mama bear could suddenly decide it's time ...

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

It’s beginning to feel like fall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Autumn is a beautiful—but busy—time in the Smokies. Visitors should plan ahead and be prepared for incredible fall colors, but ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is back in full swing despite the ongoing federal government shutdown.

When the federal government shut down at midnight Oct. 1, there were a lot of questions, especially for Western North ...

In a perfect world, the infamous “Cades Cove bear guy” would be recovering from wounds he richly deserved for approaching and taunting a mama bear and her cubs. But it’s not a perfect world. Even ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to burn approximately 1,200 acres of fields in Cades Cove.

"National Parks are highly valued and culturally meaningful places for ecological process, historic preservation, and public recreation.” Larry Dilsaver (2009) At the start of the 1920’s, communities ...

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WATE) — If you’re planning a trip to the Smokies, specifically Cades Cove, you are going to have to reschedule. The access road leading drivers there closed Sunday ...

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — Visitors to Cades Cove this weekend should expect to see firefighters amid the fall colors as a prescribed burn gets underway. Nearly 690 acres in Cades Cove will be burned ...

As Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to feel growing pains from its hordes of visitors from around the world each year, park managers continue trying innovative ways to lessen congestion ...