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The southernmost section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is open again to ... including the section nearest to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Travelers can now access the parkway from mile ...

Brood XIV is one of the largest 17-year cicada broods and is emerging across several eastern and southeastern states, including North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, New ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Like Blue Ridge Highway, Cades Cove is a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular auto tourism route is an 11-mile ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WJZY) — The country’s most-visited national park site, Blue Ridge Parkway ... Shenandoah National Park and ends at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Parkway winds ...

More: Clingmans Dome no more: Cherokee name for Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak restored More: Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smokies, saw record economic impact in 2023; How much? This reporting ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a bit of a conundrum ... more than even its southern neighbor, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which had a huge 13.3 million. Still, many people outside of the ...

The National Park Service’s Facebook page for the 469-mile roadway that runs across the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains ...