Other unique Southern favorites are the cornmeal pancakes and the Smoky Mountain buckwheat cakes. You’ll find the Pancake Pantry on the main parkway through downtown Gatlinburg in a quaint ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water ...

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. Ann ...

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...

A missing 73-year-old hiker from North Carolina was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend, park officials said. Ann Houghton was found on Sunday about a quarter mile ...

On average, the highest elevations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park get over 100 inches of snow a year. Temperatures 20 degrees below zero are possible. Roads and areas of the popular park often ...

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will ... “But it fits so well into the Southern Appalachians and really represents the region.

A North Carolina woman who served as a volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was found dead along a popular trail, the park says. Great Smoky Mountains National Park photo A North ...