Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laurel Falls Trail is a popular destination at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Seeing over 300,000 hikers annually, it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of America’s most visited national parks, is set to temporarily close one of its most ...

It's no secret that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park attracts millions of tourists yearly. Despite this, there are ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A popular hiking trail is back open to the public, taking hikers through the park and into the Great Smoky Mountains seven days a week. The Ramsey Cascades Trail was only open ...

Warmer weather is settling in around East Tennessee, making it a great time to start planning trips to the country’s most visited national park. But is your favorite campground or trail in the park ...

Laurel Falls Trail attracts as many as 375,000 hikers annually, so many that the trail is crumbling under foot as endless lines of hikers shuffle toward an 80-foot waterfall at the 1.3-mile mark.

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Update (Sept. 8): Work on Little River Trail is going to take a little longer than expected. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park said rainstorms earlier this ...

If the jam-packed trails of the Great Smoky Mountains are starting to feel more like rush hour than a nature retreat, it’s time to look west, specifically, to Arkansas. Arkansas may already be known ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — In this week’s Smoky Mountain Minute, the national park’s Backcountry Management Specialist spoke with WATE 6 On Your Side News about National Trails Day 2023. Christine ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — From mid-April to mid-November, Ramsey Cascades Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed on weekdays as rehabilitation work continues. In a release on ...

The most popular trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closing and won’t reopen until mid-2026, according to the National Park Service. Laurel Falls Trail attracts as many as 375,000 people ...