Laurel Falls Trail is a popular destination at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Seeing over 300,000 hikers annually, it’s one of the park’s most iconic trails. While Gatlinburg was largely ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — With spring right around the corner, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is gearing up for the next round of hikers. So which hikes are perfect as the weather ...

Explore the Smoky Mountains in a new way with the Gatlinburg Wine Trail, featuring 5 locations offering wine tastings, cocktails, and a free gift at the final stop for those who complete the trail ...

Sixers—mountains higher than 6,000 feet—have magical appeal in the Appalachians because they come with bragging rights (tallest in the East) as well as a cool series of habitat transitions and the ...

Over six months after Hurricane Helene caused "substantial damage" in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the park’s hardest-hit areas is reopening. Trails and some roads in Cataloochee Valley ...

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WATE) — While the famous Laurel Falls Trail is closed and several other trails remain closed due to damage from Helene, there are still many wonderful things to ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — UPDATE THURSDAY: Great Smoky Mountains National Park has reopened two popular trails to walkers and hikers following a decrease in bear activity. The popular ...

For more than 30 years, Spartanburg's Steve Oliphant has made it a habit of trudging up, over and through some of eastern America's toughest terrain in the Great Smoky Mountains. The 57-year-old ...

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.