For a slice of Volunteer State magic just a short drive from Nashville, head to this fabulous Tennessee state park and take a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park fuels scientific discovery with the park’s unique geology, topography and meteorology.

Starting in Canada and tumbling their way down the eastern section of the United States ... on a trip to the Great Smoky ...

If you're hiking in the Smokies this season, keep an eye (and an ear) out for snakes, particularly these venomous ones.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park prevailed as most popular both statewide and nationally. Here's how Tennessee's other National Parks fared. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black ... black bear support biologist for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. “‘It ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The most diverse collection of wildflowers at any national park is now in bloom in the Great Smoky Mountains. Jacqui Sieber with WUOT in Knoxville, Tennessee, stopped to smell those flowers.

LOUISVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew based at Joint Base McGhee-Tyson rescued an injured hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park March 22. Shortly after 5:30 ...

The scenic, roughly 30-mile-long Newfound Gap Road (U.S. Route 441) runs through the center of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into ...