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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is changing its backcountry reservation and permitting process. Beginning early next year, the park will collect a $4 per person per night fee for backcountry camping. >> Read Complete Article
This last weekend of September marks the calm before the October storm of people descend on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More than a million visitors enter the park each October to see the magnificent seasonal colors produced by the trees. >> Read Complete Article
As Don Casada veered off-trail and began bushwhacking his way over fallen logs and through overgrown shrubs along the shore of Lake Fontana, he barely glanced at the trusty GPS unit in his hand. >> Read Complete Article
A citizens’ organization seeking to overturn the new backcountry camping fee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park wants to take its case to court. >> Read Complete Article
For the last 20 years, the Townsend in the Smokies Heritage Festival and Old Timer’s Day has brought visitors and East Tennessee natives together to celebrate fall and the Appalachian heritage that is still alive today in the Great Smoky Mountains. >> Read Complete Article
Bears might be the traditional roadside celebrities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but the competition is closing in. This year marks the 12th anniversary of the experimental release of 25 elk in some of the park’s remotest corners, followed by the release of 27 more in 2002. >> Read Complete Article
The timing of Hurricane Isaac is especially tough for travelers who planned one last summer vacation at the beach this Labor Day. The pain along the Gulf Coast could mean some gain for tourist destinations high in the mountains of Tennessee. >> Read Complete Article
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a star gazing event on Friday, Sept. 7 at one of Haywood County’s clearest views of the sky: Purchase Knob, home to the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center. >> Read Complete Article
Human remains found about a mile from the Sugarlands Visitors Center are thought to be those of a missing hiker, park officials said Tuesday. >> Read Complete Article
The National Park Service confirms two people were killed when severe storms ripped through the Great Smoky Mountains. >> Read Complete Article
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