Fall colors in the South generally start to peak around mid-October. The upper elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains, which ...

Barak said that the leaves have reached their peak for fall color in the highest elevations inside the Great Smoky Mountains ...

The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer ... mild climate with winter temperatures in the 50s. Fall foliage displays usually begin in mid-September, when the ...

Next to 'why is the sky blue' and 'where do babies come from,' 'why do leaves turn color in the fall' might be the ... of leaf color in America's mountains and valleys. According to Nancy Gray, a park ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover travel, specializing in adventure and the great outdoors. The key to planning fall foliage trips and tours, though, is nailing your ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the country's most popular ... rare synchronous fireflies in late May/early June and spectacular foliage in autumn. Read more about Safe Passage: I-26 at ...

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... and to remove trees that could fall onto the road. Extra crews are being ...

Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.