With the Grand Canyon and the Great Smoky Mountains being two of the most spectacular sights in the vast landscape of the United States, it would seem impossible that a single par ...

Cataract Falls is located on the northern side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Cataract Falls hike is just one section of 2 longer trails: the Fighting Creek Nature Trail and Cove ...

Scenic, roughly 30-mile-long Newfound Gap – U.S. Route 441 – runs through the center of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into ...

Summer hikers love the cool environment through the old-growth hemlock forest and by the falls, although park officials caution that swimming or climbing on rocks near the falls is prohibited.