GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed an observation tower at the park's highest point for extensive renovations and repairs. The Daily Times of Maryville ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open year-round 24 hours a day. However, Clingmans Dome Road is only open from April 1 ...

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. Straddling Tennessee and ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The observation tower and access trail at Look Rock in the Great Smoky Mountains will be closed to visitors from Monday, Aug. 28 through Friday, Sept. 1 ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced Thursday that Look Rock Tower and it's access trail will be temporarily closed to visitors as crews work to upgrade the tower's radio system.

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A 6,643-foot peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been renamed “Kuwohi,” which means “mulberry place” in the Cherokee language. The Cherokee people have long considered Kuwohi a ...

The park is trying to solve, or at least adapt to, some of the overcrowding issues. Starting next year, Great Smoky Mountains – among a handful of national parks that currently don’t charge ...

While you’ll count yourself among 11 million people who have come to be a part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park's human and natural history, you can still find something personal and deeply ...