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The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely ...
Due to a landslide Aug. 1 on Newfound Gap Road/US 441, the main artery from North Carolina to Tennessee is closed ...
Today, the National Park Service announced that Newfound Gap Road (US441) is open on the North Carolina side of the park ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the mountain ridges of Tennessee and North Carolina, drawing visitors from ...
There have been more than 150 crashes this year. Rangers will be stationed throughout the park to slow drivers down.
A landslide closed a busy highway in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains late Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, National Park ...
From a Smoky Mountain Smash Burger at the new Smoky Mountain Smash restaurant, to exploring the all-new 1.5-mile trail system ...
Great Smoky Mountians National Park ranks as No. 2 in U.S. for wildlife sightings The Smokies are home to more than 19,000 species There's some bear-y exciting news! The Great Smoky Mountains ...
The Great Smoky Mountains is, by far, the most popular national park. In 2015 it welcomed about 11 million visitors, nearly twice as many as second-ranked Grand Canyon.
With few exceptions, all vehicles parking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 15 minutes now need a parking tag as part of the park's new Park It Forward program.
Newfound Gap Road/U.S. 441 is closed for a rockslide underneath the roadway, leaving it unstable, near the Alum Cave trailhead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The slide happened ...