The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...

Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, commonly come out during the summer. Their flashing lights are part of their mating ...

Don’t miss your chance to enter the lottery for a spectacular light show. Synchronous fireflies will dazzle at Congaree and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual ... Fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, commonly come out during the summer. Their flashing lights are part of their mating display.

The Smokies are known for the steep drop in elevation and rushing streams that lead to waterfalls. Over the years, those ...

The National Park Service issued an advisory against bringing confetti into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a social media post showing a park ranger picking up the tiny, colorful ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The National Park Service will be reopening some roads, trails and facilities in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that have been closed for more than ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Fires inside America’s most visited national park have been banned until further notice, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson announced Thursday.

Planning a summer road trip? Canada is actually a closer drive from Knoxville than these popular U.S destinations.