This mountain lake, one of the highest-elevation lakes east of the Mississippi, offers the perfect playground for paddling, tubing, boating, and so much more.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most-visited national park in the U.S. Located in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, the park encompasses 520,000 acres (or 800 square miles ...

Strong winds and dry conditions prompted the National Park Service on Saturday to ban campfires and charcoal use until further notice in Great Smoky ... Mountains National Park. Both the North ...

Due to continued dry conditions, winds, and high fire danger, the National Park Service is banning all campfires and charcoal use in Great Smoky Mountains ... and North Carolina sides of ...

While Great Smoky Mountains sits between Tennessee and North Carolina, the air pollution that plagues the park comes from facilities across the Southeast region and even as far away as Illinois, ...