The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular Cades Cove Loop Road will close from the morning of Jan. 20 until noon ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 ... Hikers are usually on the park’s trails on any given day, regardless of weather conditions.

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National ... release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton, 73, was found roughly a quarter-mile off of Enloe Creek Trail near Smokemont ...