The country’s most visited national park will be getting a little bigger thanks to what would be the largest land addition to ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Shuts Down Trails Over 'Backpack-Stealing' Bear Encounters ...

The land belonged to an early settler of the region, officials say.

Blue fog blankets some of the world’s oldest mountains at dawn’s first breath. Incredible biodiversity stirs within the towering trees, steep mountains, and lush vegetation of Great Smoky Mountains ...

The park is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States where black bears can live in their natural ...

The Foothills Land Conservancy has expanded the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by 638 acres, marking the largest addition to the park in over a decade.

A 17-acre wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Hannah Mountain was caused by lightning, according to the National Park Service. Fires caused by lightning are rare in the Smokies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the 1,000 National Park Service staffers fired on what some critics are referring to as the “Valentine’s Day massacre,” about a ...

This story has been updated to reflect roads that have reopened or closed again as of Feb. 6. It took several days for roads through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to gradually reopen as snow and ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is getting bigger thanks to a land transfer from the Foothills Land Conservancy. FLC ...