Also known as notches or passes, gaps are the low points in a ... the center of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into Cherokee ...

The Smoky Mountains ... as the Great Smokies. Boosters published a promotional booklet with photographs by George Masa and text by Horace Kephart. In 1926, with the support of National Park ...

TONS OF POLLUTION ARE EMITTED FROM THE TOP FIVE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES LIKELY IMPACTING THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK The mountains originally got their name — the Smokies — from the ...

The National Park Service will close one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park next month as part of a more than year-long improvement effort. Starting Jan. 6 ...

I had the chance to visit the Rocky Mountain National Park, and I couldn't help but compare it to my home, the Great Smoky Mountains. They're mountainous, offer great hiking trails and are stunningly ...

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Some enter the park one way and leave another, only to return later on the same day, making it somewhat difficult to ...

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Some enter the park one way and leave another, only to return later on the same day, making it somewhat difficult to determine ...

Just over 12 million people visited the Smokies during 2024, according to preliminary attendance data from the National Park Service. That’s still a lot of people, but it means visits to the Smokies ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash is leaving the National Park ...