On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

Tucked in the eastern corner of Tennessee, Gatlinburg is more than just a stop on a map. It’s the kind of place that speaks ...

Join me as I share the national pabest Smoky Mountain vacation ideas for every traveler based on my experience exploring the ...

From sunrise drives around the 11-mile scenic loop to semi-arduous hikes ... As we turned from Hyatt Lane onto the Cades Cove Loop Road, we met a group of cyclists raving about the bears they ...

Since we planned to spend a couple of days in the park, we broke up the rest of our trip with visits to Cades Cove, hiking to stunning waterfalls, and enjoying scenic overlooks ... can see during this ...

Cades Cove is a beautiful valley in the Great Smoky Mountains. The 11-mile loop is a popular route for visitors to the National Park. It’s a great place to see wildlife like black bears, white-tailed ...

The Cades Cove Loop is our favorite thing to do in the Great Smoky Mountains ... This is the south entrance of the 469-mile scenic drive that extends across the North Carolina mountains and into ...

You can also take a scenic drive like the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop. However, on certain days in the summer, the loop is vehicle-free and only open for bicycling and hiking. The Country Music Hall of ...