Nothing says "summer" quite like late-night chats around a campfire, overflowing oozy s'mores and nights spent under the stars. You could go camping in your own tent, or you could go "glamping ...

The incident occurred Wednesday night in a remote area several miles into the Alum Cave Trail on Mount Le Conte, the third-highest peak in the Smokies, officials said. The woman called the National ...

Instead, rangers carried her one mile to the LeConte Lodge, a shelter reached only on foot. The lodge is just west of the summit of Mount LeConte at an elevation of about 6,400 feet, the park reports.

A hiker with a broken leg was forced to wait until the next day for rescue due to treacherous weather in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. The accident happened Thursday, May 8 ...

UPDATE: Rangers and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Knoxville Strike Team carried the hiker with a broken leg down from Mount LeConte on May 9, a Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokesperson ...

He remembers hiking all the way up to Mount LeConte and camping at Alum Cave Bluffs, but “it didn’t make any particular impression.” In the years that followed, picnic areas, not trailheads ...

Travelers who are up for the challenge can continue past the Alum Cave Trail to the 6,593-foot Mount Le Conte for a 10-mile round-trip hike, which is considered one of the most spectacular hikes ...

After a delayed start, vehicle-free days at Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will return this summer. The Smokies will offer the first Cades Cove vehicle-free day of the year in ...

He remembers hiking all the way up to Mount LeConte and camping at Alum Cave Bluffs, but “it didn’t make any particular impression.” In the years that followed, picnic areas, not trailheads, were the ...