Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Some enter the park one way and leave another, only to return later on the same day, making it somewhat difficult to ...

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed because of damage after Hurricane Helene, and remain closed, possibly keeping away some visitors. Preliminary data shows 12,055,376 visits to ...

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.

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 degrees below zero are possible. Roads and areas of the popular park ...

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 ...

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.

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, 73, was ...

Ann Houghton, 73, was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she failed to return home from her hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Jan. 28-29. A search mission was launched for Houghton ...