Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is expected to close for at least 18 months beginning sometime in 2024. The trail will undergo improvements ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared the progress crews have made on the Laurel ...

The National Park Service will begin a major rehabilitation on Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail will close for 18 months starting ...

The Great Smoky Mountains are arguably the most popular national park in the United States. More than 13 million people visited in 2023, which was more than other well-traveled parks such as Yosemite, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The National Park Service is moving ahead with a plan to improve the visitor experience at one of the most popular trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The ...

Laurel Falls Trail is among the most visited spots in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is divided by the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. National Park Service photo Vandals used cans of ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is inviting the public to review the Environmental Assessment that could impact the future of Laurel Falls Trail and to provide ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — From peaks to valleys, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has dozens of waterfalls and cascades flowing through its foggy trails. Some visitors flock to popular ...

Laurel Falls Trail attracts as many as 375,000 hikers annually, so many that the trail is crumbling under foot as endless lines of hikers shuffle toward an 80-foot waterfall at the 1.3-mile mark.