The mountains are sometimes called the “Smokies” and are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

More than 300,000 visitors hike it every year. Here's what the rehabilitation will look like and when it will open again.

While Laurel Falls will be closed during this time, the National Park Service encourages visitors to the area to explore one of the other trails along the Great Smoky Mountains. The post This popular ...

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The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing ... giving them a first shot at hiking. The earliest incarnation of the trail dates to the early 1930s, making it old ...

The National Park Service (NPS) will begin a major rehabilitation on Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in ...

A half-century later, a Tennessee man still honors the heroic rangers who rescued him from a life-or-death situation in the heart of the Smoky Mountains.

The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department announced a Jan. 17 hike on the Panthertown Loop trail. Trail is about 4.5 ...

The lower section is three times as wide as a typical hiking trail and hardened with gravel ... and interpretive activities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park by providing educational products and ...

While Laurel Falls will be closed during this time, the National Park Service encourages visitors to the area to explore one of the other trails along the Great Smoky Mountains. Baskins Creek Trail: ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — If you’re planning a hike around New Year’s Day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of its most popular trails will be closing during the first week of ...