At 6,593 feet, Mount LeConte is the third-tallest peak in the park and home to one of the most unique backcountry accommodations in the National Park System: LeConte Lodge. This remote lodge, built in ...

This mountaintop can get cold, however, with a temperature difference of 15 to 20 degrees between top and bottom. I hiked with a sweatshirt tied around my waist and used it after the sun went down.

The Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort has added a new lodge with 85 villas with stunning mountain views, bringing the resort's room count to nearly 1,400. Guests enjoy year-round amenities, including an ...

Once you go, you become a part of its history and mystique. The LeConte Lodge stands atop one of the highest peaks east of the Mississippi River, and there's only one way to get there: Your own feet, ...

A stay at LeConte Lodge is well worth the trek. It was seven o’clock on a cool summer evening in East Tennessee as my mom and I grabbed extra layers and headlamps to make the short trek to Cliff Tops, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — With parking rules in the Great Smoky Mounta i ns National Park set to change next year, LeConte Lodge has launched a survey to provide the National Park Service with ...

Located adjacent to the entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation’s most visited national park with more than 12.2 million annual visits, Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort & Water Park ...

A resort and water park in the Great Smoky Mountains has expanded to offer over 1,000 lodging options near the country’s most visited national park. Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort and Water Park in ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — In the heights of the Great Smoky Mountains, snow started to fall on Thursday. Temperatures dropped just below 30 degrees Fahrenheit, and officials said that around 1 inch of snow ...

MOUNT LECONTE (WATE) – LeConte Lodge atop Mount LeConte reopened Monday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Today is the day! The lodge has reopened its doors, and is once again providing ...