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The system for how people get backcountry camping permits for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is changing. Starting on April 30, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will transition its ...

A new marker for the western terminus of North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail was unveiled in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The 2026 Tremont Writers Conference, jointly produced by Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont and Smokies Life, will ...

As the weather gets warmer, it's time to plan visits to the Smokies! Here’s when some trails and roads reopen - and when ...

The National Park Services is urging visitors to plan ahead, prepare for changing conditions and know their personal limits ...

After rangers carried out 18 backcountry search and rescue operations in March, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is ...

Rangers have responded to a “significant volume” of emergencies, including a fall off a cliff: "Many are preventable with the ...

This story has been updated with information about the Rabbit Creek and Fox Gap Wildfires. Firefighters on March 28 continue to battle two wildfires in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, keep some ...

As national parks continue to regroup from operational changes and staffing cuts from last year, Great Smoky Mountains National Park has something that’s consistent every year. Synchronous fireflies ...

Fire crews in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are now battling a second wildfire, this one in the Twentymile Area, the park announced on March 26. Fire managers are working to estimate fire ...