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 ...

Experience the best the Carolina mountains have to offer with this stunning little town filled with natural beauty and plenty ...

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.

UPDATE (3/27, 7:38 p.m.) – The National Park Service has confirmed the cause of the Great Smoky Mountains wildfires that started Saturday. According to NPS, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...