An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing.

A missing 73-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend, park officials said. Ann Houghton was found on Sunday about a quarter mile ...

Visitors looking forward to a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park this spring and summer could encounter unkempt trails, unclean bathrooms and fewer park rangers. The National Park Service ...

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Feb. 1 was found dead just before 2 p.m. Feb. 2, according to a news release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton ...

The National Park Service (NPS) announced in a press release that Great Smoky Mountains Park volunteer Amy Houghton, 73, was found dead on Feb. 2. Houghton disappeared between Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 ...

A beloved National Park Service volunteer has been found dead after going missing on a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ann Houghton, 73, who volunteered for the NPS for more than 20 ...

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BALSAM, N.C. (WVLT) - For the last 20 years, Ann Houghton had been routinely hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and spent time as a volunteer. Houghton, originally from Florida, moved ...

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