Part of the major road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park remained closed days after heavy rain caused a landslide.

The National Park Service has reopened part of US 441/Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies after a landslide on Aug. 1 completely ...

With cut funds, national park visitors have concerns over sustaining the beloved locations. Slowly but surely, we are ...

Newfound Gap Road, also known as US 441, has closed on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park because ...

Due to a landslide Aug. 1 on Newfound Gap Road/US 441, the main artery from North Carolina to Tennessee is closed ...

Today, the National Park Service announced that Newfound Gap Road (US441) is open on the North Carolina side of the park ...

A landslide closed a busy highway in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains late Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, National Park ...

Earlier today, the National Park Service announced in a news release that Newfound Gap Road (US441) in the Great Smoky ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the mountain ridges of Tennessee and North Carolina, drawing visitors from ...

There have been more than 150 crashes this year. Rangers will be stationed throughout the park to slow drivers down.

With few exceptions, all vehicles parking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than 15 minutes now need a parking tag as part of the park's new Park It Forward program.

The Great Smoky Mountains is, by far, the most popular national park. In 2015 it welcomed about 11 million visitors, nearly twice as many as second-ranked Grand Canyon.