Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open to visitors amid the shutdown. But the popular scenic loop will temporarily close for an annual race.

The federal government shutdown means most roads and trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are open but some services visitors expect will not be available. One of the most important ...

While other national parks are closed as the government shutdown drags on, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open - at least through Nov. 2.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced on Wednesday when vehicle-free Wednesdays will return in the park. Cades Cove visitors are excited this is coming back.

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Just because the Cades Cove Loop Road is closed until Sept. 27 does not mean that auto touring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park has ended. There are over 300 miles of ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Several people witnessed a black bear up close at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tuesday. According to a post from Adventure Is Out There, ...

Cades Cove descendant Dorothy Gregory Sutton has researched many facets of life of the small community where her family lived for generations before the formation of Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to burn approximately 1,200 acres of fields in Cades Cove.

"National Parks are highly valued and culturally meaningful places for ecological process, historic preservation, and public recreation.” Larry Dilsaver (2009) At the start of the 1920’s, communities ...