Rising regional Americana/bluegrass act Upstream Rebellion will hit the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at the Folkmoot ...

When beloved Smoky Mountain poet, naturalist and writer George Ellison died in 2023, he had one more title up his sleeve: the ...

Asheville’s train has come. Norfolk Southern, Western North Carolina’s primary rail carrier, resumed rail service from ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, far and away the busiest U.S. national park with 12.1 million visitors, placed first with 348 trails and an average trail rating of 4.4 stars. It is located in the ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the diverse landscapes of North Carolina, where the Blue Ridge Mountains meet the Atlantic coast. From misty mountain ranges and lush forests to charming small ...

While most people assume the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited in the U.S., that title actually belongs to the Blue Ridge Parkway. In 2023, the scenic byway that winds through ...

Trump is leading an unprecedented attack on our country's parks and forests so he can sell them to benefit billionaires, ...

To everyone else, it’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... That’s a particular concern, after two deaths on the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway earlier this year. “We could save more ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more ... Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge, and eventually the Enloe Creek trails where her body was found ...

Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Multiple local agencies assisted in the search. Houghton, of Jackson County, N.C., volunteered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 20 years ...

Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails, NPS said. Houghton, a resident of Jackson County, North Carolina, had volunteered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 20 years ...

The additional openings come in the peak fall color, painting the Blue Ridge Parkway in shades of vibrant red, orange and yellow. Word from the Smokies: Where the Smoky Mountains saw the most ...