It’s wildflower season in the Great Smoky Mountains, and beneath the long morning shadows at Chestnut Tops Trail near Townsend, Tennessee, Tom Harrington is in his element. We’ve barely reached the ...

It’s wildflower season in the Great Smoky Mountains ... loved the mountains. But it wasn’t until April 1982, when Harrington was 42 years old, that he got hooked on hiking — and on the ...

No fast food lunches or roadside pitstops here. Here's what you need to know about this Relais & Châteaux resort trail road ...

This hike is also particularly beautiful in autumn. To find the Tunnel to Nowhere, start out in Bryson City and then head down Fontana Road until you enter the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Despite being one of the top mountain towns in the U.S. with the best hikes, its crowded nature leaves some tourists craving quieter towns that are at the Great Smoky Mountains' doorstep.

However, the town of Highlands, North Carolina, is also beautiful and situated within ... yourself in the mountains. Visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where you can view elk or explore via a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located in Tennessee and North Carolina, is the most visited national park in the U.S. I spent a few days exploring the park, hiking through the forests ...

Waynesboro sits in a beautiful valley in southern Tennessee, offering peaceful living at prices that seem too good to be true ...

Chattanooga offers big-city amenities with small-city charm for a perfect Memorial Day weekend. This beautiful river city has transformed itself into one of the coolest places in Tennessee for a ...

"The Benton MacKaye Trail is an invaluable part of my district in East Tennessee that thousands of Tennesseans and Americans hike each year ... It passes through the Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Cades Cove is a beautiful valley in the Great Smoky Mountains. The 11-mile loop is ... you can spot wildlife like black bears, explore hiking trails, and admire the beauty of the mountains. A few of ...

A gorgeous park tucked away in the hills of Central New York has been crowned the most popular in the state. In celebration ...