The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee are the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain, hosting the world's greatest diversity of plant, animal, and insect life of any region in a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular national park sites. It offers postcard-perfect views and plentiful wildlife. World-renowned for its biodiversity, the beauty ...

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas, one of the theme park’s most popular festivals, runs Nov. 1-Jan. 5 to close out this season at the Pigeon Forge destination. Visitors for the rest of the year can ...

“Smoky Mountain DNA” could only end with one song: “When It’s Family,” originally co-written by Parton and released as ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

Kuwohi, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, is the highest peak within the tribe’s ancestral homeland and offers a sweeping view of treetops throughout the Great Smoky Mountains. It’s “the ...

The lodge, situated just below the 6,593-foot summit of Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, reported getting 4 inches of fresh powder. Snow first appears in the mountains at ...

But that hike marked the genesis of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, a group that is not only still around but finishing out its centennial year with 800 members on its rolls. “I’m just amazed ...

Korrin Bishop One of the few national parks that does not charge an admission fee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is also the most visited, welcoming more than 10 million travelers annually.