Want to see black bears or wild elk in the Smokies? We've ranked the top 5 spots in the park where you are almost guaranteed ...

A rare case of poaching is being investigated in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where hunting is illegal. The National ...

CADES COVE, TN (WATE) – Another video is making the rounds on social media after a North Carolina woman captured a group of tourists getting dangerously close to a mother black bear and her cub in ...

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!

"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 ...