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Due to a landslide Aug. 1 on Newfound Gap Road/US 441, the main artery from North Carolina to Tennessee is closed ...
The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely ...
Today, the National Park Service announced that Newfound Gap Road (US441) is open on the North Carolina side of the park ...
There have been more than 150 crashes this year. Rangers will be stationed throughout the park to slow drivers down.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the mountain ridges of Tennessee and North Carolina, drawing visitors from ...
With cut funds, national park visitors have concerns over sustaining the beloved locations. Slowly but surely, we are ...
It's no secret that Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be on the top of the visitor list; the Smokies welcomed 13.3 million visitors in 2023, its second-highest year on record.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been named the best national park in the United States in a recent study shared by online publication Travel Lens.
Great Smoky Mountians National Park ranks as No. 2 in U.S. for wildlife sightings The Smokies are home to more than 19,000 species There's some bear-y exciting news! The Great Smoky Mountains ...
With few exceptions, all vehicles parking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 15 minutes now need a parking tag as part of the park's new Park It Forward program.
The Great Smoky Mountains is, by far, the most popular national park. In 2015 it welcomed about 11 million visitors, nearly twice as many as second-ranked Grand Canyon.