When it's time to get away from it all, this cozy mountain town in North Carolina sits right alongside a picturesque lake ...

North Carolina is known for the Great Smoky Mountains, but what is the best town to use as a home base? Skip Asheville and ...

North Carolina is still battling several wildfires that were first reported over a week ago. Will they get some relief from rain today? See forecast.

Despite Saturday’s campfire ban, people in Great Smoky Mountains National Park picnic areas can still used cook stoves with ...

The synchronous fireflies are always a popular spectacle. But with cuts at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, can you enter the lottery to see them?

When you're hiking in the Smokies, keep an eye out for snakes - but remember that humans probably see only 10% of the snakes ...

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy photo Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 acres evenly split between Tennessee and North Carolina, the National Park Service says.

Due to continued dry conditions, winds, and high fire danger, the National Park Service is banning all campfires and charcoal ...

Here is what we know so far. There are 10 “units” of the National Park Service in the state: Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina-Tennessee border Appalachian Nati ...