The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Backcountry Office is staffed by just four rangers, who alternate between office duties and hiking to remote sites. The Backcountry Office stays busy; in 2024, ...
As would-be visitors start checking their calendars and planning their trips to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, there's one pesky issue they need to keep in mind: parking. In March 2023, a new ...
America’s busiest national park isn’t Yosemite or Yellowstone; it’s the Great Smoky Mountains, which straddles the heavily forested border of North Carolina and Tennessee. Half the country can drive ...