GATLINBURG (WATE) – The Great Smoky Mountain National Park announced a temporary ban on campfires in the park’s backcountry until further notice. The park said they made the decision to issue a burn ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The National Park Service said Monday backcountry campfires would be temporarily banned in the Great Smoky Mountains due to an increased risk of wildfires. In a ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Backcountry Office is staffed by just four rangers, who alternate between office duties and hiking to remote sites. The Backcountry Office stays busy; in 2024, ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park and its partners have announced the expansion of adaptive ranger-led programs in 2024. The ranger-led programs are designed for visitors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Park Service has banned all campfires and charcoal use in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nov. 16, effective ...

Even if you haven't been to our most visited national park yet, you can probably picture those blue ridgelines blurred across a southern Appalachian sky by that perpetual, namesake haze. In the spring ...

HISTORY: Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on Sept. 2, 1940. Before they became part of a national park, the hills of the Smokies were homesteads to small ...

For those who love the outdoors, the American Southeast is full of wonderful scenery and natural beauty. That said, one of the best spots is also America's most-visited national park — the Great Smoky ...

We planned a summer trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to introduce our young daughters to camping. Not that we urbanites didn't try to immerse ourselves in nature at home. In Paris, where we ...

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