Even from a distance of 75 yards, wildlife photographer Nate Nelson gets nervous taking pictures of black bear cubs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A mama bear could suddenly decide it's time ...

With half of Americans living within 500 miles of the Great Smoky Mountains, these hills have long held the title of the most-visited national park in the United States. If you want to experience this ...

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to burn approximately 1,200 acres of fields in Cades Cove.

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — Visitors to Cades Cove this weekend should expect to see firefighters amid the fall colors as a prescribed burn gets underway. Nearly 690 acres in Cades Cove will be burned ...

The Smokies could be a little smoky for the first week of February. But it's no cause for concern. Planned controlled burn operations are expected to occur in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky ...

"National Parks are highly valued and culturally meaningful places for ecological process, historic preservation, and public recreation.” Larry Dilsaver (2009) At the start of the 1920’s, communities ...

Firefighters will burn approximately 1,200 acres of fields in Cades Cove starting next week. According to a release from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the burn operations will occur between ...

For many students at UT, trips to one of our closest national parks could be negatively impacted this fall. The Great Smoky ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Access to the home of Cades Cove’s first European settlers will be easier for many after the ribbon was cut on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s newest trail. Park ...

As Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to feel growing pains from its hordes of visitors from around the world each year, park managers continue trying innovative ways to lessen congestion ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Cades Cove Loop Road will be closed on Sunday, November 10 until 11 a.m. for the Friends of the Smokies annual Loop Lope footrace, according to the National Park Service.