KODAK, Tenn. (WVLT) - On a Saturday in early March, Nicole Godoy was spending the day with her family at Cades Cove. It’s a ...

According to Godoy, it happened when Xavier was hiking with a stick. He picked it up along the trail and when he went to ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which ranked third in visitation in 2024, is heading into the high season with a ...

WVLT News reached out to the Great Smoky Mountains National park multiple times but have not received a response back.

Spring visits to the Smokies will be different this year. Areas are closed and program start dates are delayed amid federal ...

So we set off to drive the Cades Cove Loop and took the Abrams Falls Trail to see a waterfall. I remember a lot of that hike, ...

Burn operations may occur between March 6 and April 1 in several fields of Cades Cove. A release from GSMNP originally said the prescribed burns were taking place on Feb. 13 to March 3.

Surrounded by mountains, Cades Cove is an isolated, fertile valley. An 11-mile, one-way loop road surrounds the valley and is one of the best places in the park to view wildlife. Once a hunting ...

Initially, vehicle-free days were set to begin every Wednesday from May 7 to Sept. 24, as listed on the park's website.

I first fell in love with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a visit in the spring, and now that I live in TN, it is ...

The situation happened on a weekend earlier this month. Nicole Godoy said she was spending a Saturday with her family at Cades Cove. It was a hike and activity they had been doing for years and ...

In addition to campgrounds, popular picnic areas are closed, and vehicle-free days in Cades Cove have been postponed. National parks also are under a $1 spending limit when using government credit ...