In Townsend, you can take a hike through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, drive around Cades Cove, explore caves or float along the Little River. There's plenty to do, no matter your age ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Flooding from heavy rain Friday prompted a mandatory evacuation of Elkmont Campground and the closing of the Cades Cove Loop road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Cades Cove Loop Road was later reopened but Sparks Lane and Hyatt Lane remained closed. The closures follow many others, mostly long-term.

Violent thunderstorms swept through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, toppling large trees throughout the popular tourist spot and killing at least two people. Ralph Frazier, 50… ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — Sometimes the reaction to a story can become a story itself. When Bernard Myers tells the story of the "Pearl Harbor tree" his father planted in their yard in Cades Cove ...