Fall colors in the South generally start to peak around mid-October. The upper elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains, which see some of the season’s earliest changes, were predicted to have ...

Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...

Some of that snow was already on the ground when an arctic air brought record-setting cold to the mountains along the ...

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National ... vehicles and to remove trees that could fall onto the road. Extra crews are being ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — A 3-year-old boy was airlifted from the Great Smoky Mountains Tuesday afternoon after falling from a bridge at Abrams Falls. Dave Barak, a Public Affairs ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that ... from hitting passing vehicles and all hazardous trees that could fall onto the road, NPS said. The process requires heavy equipment ...

National Park Service photo If you are wondering how much snow piled up in the North Carolina mountains over the past ... night time temperatures would fall below zero in many areas, and wind ...