Pack out all trash or toss it in a bear-proof trash can.” Photo courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Ambler’s group petitioned Congress to create a Forest Preserve, making Asheville the earliest promoter of Great Smoky Mountains National ... of garbage habituated bears, raccoons and skunks.

Glacier and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined. Yet, with no gates or fees to enter, it retains a sense of wildness that can feel missing in those other parks. Home to Indigenous groups ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host its annual viewing opportunity for synchronous fireflies in June despite some operational changes. Vehicle lottery and peak view dates are expected to ...

When you are in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, you’re more than likely going to run into some bears. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (which is annually the most visited national park in ...

In these seven postcard-worthy state parks, you can marvel over similarly stunning vistas and find hiking, biking, rafting ...

Escape to one of the most magical places in Tennessee with a getaway deep into the wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains ... the heat of the summer will keep the bears hidden in darker and far away ...

Graceland, Civil War history, wildlife, country music, blues and Tennessee whisky are some of the things Tennessee is famous ...