Great Smoky Mountains National Park has up to 150 rescue missions a year. Here's how to avoid getting lost on a hike - and how to stay safe if you do.

From Great Smoky Mountains to North Cascades, here are 12 national parks you can drive to and visit without paying an entry ...

A hiker who was 'suffering from severe cold-weather injuries' was rescued by a Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew on ...

Charles “Charlie” Sellars has served as Acting Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than a year.

As a cold snap brings snow and ice to the region, the Blue Ridge Parkway is mostly closed on both the North Carolina and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park said Cades Cove Loop Road will temporarily close to all users. According to a social media post from the park, the road will be closed Feb. 23 ...

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park entomologist Becky Nichols.

The country’s most-visited national park has a familiar face permanently taking over the superintendent position.

If you count the start of spring purely in terms of spring wildflower sightings, it could be here sooner than you might expect - or already blooming.

It took several days for roads through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to gradually reopen as snow and ice melted away. But a few of those roads remain closed again as of Feb. 6 after another bout ...

Roads have begun reopening in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Jan. 27, after most roads in the park, plus the Gatlinburg Bypass, were closed after a significant winter storm followed by ...

Attendance at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country’s most-visited national park, dropped for second year in a row. But the longest federal government shutdown in history is not all to ...