Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains ... at the Smokemont Campground, search efforts expanded to focus on the Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge, and ...

In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will ... how hellbenders fared in Cataloochee, Big Creek and Raven Fork, the areas of the park that endured ...

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park ... “roughly a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail,” the National Park Service ...

Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Multiple local agencies assisted in the search. Houghton, of Jackson County, N.C., volunteered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 20 years ...

Authorities are searching for 73-year-old Ann Houghton, a hiker in Great Smoky Mountains ... Creek trails, the National Park Service said in a news release. Her car was found at the Smokemont ...

Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails, NPS said. Houghton, a resident of Jackson County, North Carolina, had volunteered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 20 years ...

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since ... was found roughly a quarter-mile off of Enloe Creek Trail near Smokemont Campground in the southeastern area of the park ...

The Great Smoky Mountains ... Creek, Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. The park stated that her planned hike spanned January 28-29, and her vehicle was located at Smokemont Campground.

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National ... is expected to continue into spring. Balsam Mountain, Cataloochee and Big Creek areas, campgrounds and roads remain closed due to ...

Great Smoky Mountains ... Campground. Law enforcement and search and rescue staff began a search for her on Feb. 1 in the Smokemont area, focusing efforts along Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek ...