Great Smoky Mountains National Park News

Nature is unpredictable, but Richard Mack's photographs give the impression the Evanston photographer knows what to expect in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The nation's most popular park isn't too popular with National Geographic Traveler magazine.

The Great Smoky Mountains aren't so great after all, according to National Geographic Traveler magazine.

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander announced that the conference report to the Interior appropriations bill he co-authored and that passed the Senate today will fund a number of conservation efforts across Tennessee, including increased funding for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other national parks, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and ...

Fire managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park plan to conduct a series of controlled burns of fields in Cades Cove on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, if weather conditions permit.

Several controlled fires are planned this week for about 450 acres in scenic Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Chicago photographer Richard Mack will speak and sign copies of his latest collection anthology, "Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes," at 2 p.m. Friday at the Barnes & Noble in Biltmore Park's Town Square, off Long Shoals Road.

By Joel Davis of The Daily Times Staff Originally published: October 29. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 29.

According to a recently-released National Park Service study, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not only the nation's most visited national park, it also tops the 388 national park units in visitor spending.

From Staff Reports Originally published: October 30. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: October 29.

Rocky Top, you'll always be ... a real place. All you Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida Gator and South Carolina Gamecock fans take note: Rocky Top actually exists.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced its winter season facility closings schedule.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park expects to get more than $44 million in major road and parking projects under way early next year.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park expects to get more than $44 million in major road and parking projects under way early next year.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has another Citizen Scientist opportunity this coming weekend.

A new book just released by the Great Smoky Mountains Association tells the history of Walker Valley, now home to the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont within Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend.

On Tuesday, November 3, millions of students from all over the country will visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park on an Electronic Field Trip, during which they will explore one of the richest ecosystems on earth.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to attend a special program on Birds of Prey combined with a special Evening on the Farm at the Mountain Farm Museum on Thursday, October 22.

On Nov. 3, roughly 3 million elementary and middle school students across the United States will explore the rich ecosystems of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park without leaving their classrooms.

Nineteen elk calves were born this year in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and 16 survived.