From cozy couple retreats to scenic group getaways, these Smoky Mountains A-frame cabins deliver a true escape into nature ...

Want to see black bears or wild elk in the Smokies? We've ranked the top 5 spots in the park where you are almost guaranteed ...

America’s national parks are the beating heart of outdoor adventure, vast landscapes where every turn feels like a postcard ...

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, a one-way scenic loop that provides access to popular areas in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is scheduled to close the night of Oct. 21 for maintenance. Park ...

Escaping into nature is one of the most rewarding ways to restore balance, slow the pace of life, and reconnect with what ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s beginning to feel like fall and Great Smoky Mountains National Park is preparing for a busy season. Thousands of people each year travel to the park to take in one of ...

With their flattened bodies, wrinkly skin, and stone-colored camouflage, hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) can be almost impossible to spot — unless you catch a glimpse of their tiny, beady ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — One hundred years of hiking, education, volunteering and conservation in the Great Smoky Mountains started on an October day in 1924. Twenty hikers from the ...

Knoxville natives Sherri Gibson and Marcia League call it their “backyard.” To everyone else, it’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The two women, both in their seventies, have grown up in and ...

With its bright orange color and blob-like form, witch’s butter (Tremella mesenterica) looks more like a Halloween prop than a fungus — but it’s very real, and very weird. This jelly fungus appears ...