The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted, 20-0, to restore the "Kuwohi" name to a mountain traditionally used by the Cherokee ...
The Smoky Mountains ... Great Depression was devastating the country, and the people of Tennessee and North Carolina were unable to fulfill many of the pledges they had made to create the ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park spans North Carolina and Tennessee. The fire has been reported in Tennessee, roughly 50 miles southeast of Knoxville and near the North ...
Newfound Gap, which sits at an elevation of 5,046 feet, is the lowest drivable pass in the park ... over the mountains and into Cherokee, North Carolina. Mile markers denote several ...
"His family said it's about time," Crowe said. Crowe also said she hopes locals and tourists feel a spiritual connection in ...
National parks visitors spent $26.4 billion in gateway regions in 2023, according to the National Park Service. But which ...