When you’re exploring the depths and wonders of East Tennessee, where to start? It’s brimming with so much nature and so many things to do...

Ah, the road trip. A classic American adventure since the 1920s, when more people could afford to own automobiles and started seeing them as a...

After two months of exceptional drought in 2017, forests across the Southeast were like a tinderbox.  “When the leaves started falling, we had no rain...

What gives a hike that coveted 5-star rating? There’s no doubt that many of us find the reward of an amazing view worth the potential...

Known as much for its majestic beauty as for the fact that it’s one of the biggest protected areas in the Eastern U.S. for black...

As one of the most visited points along the Appalachian Trail, Clingmans Dome is in the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and...

In a state as bejeweled with lakes, rivers, streams, and creeks as Tennessee, it’s no surprise that swimming is one of the most popular ways...

Everyone who loves hiking knows that one of the perks is the views, but it takes a lot of time and effort to get to...

From the smoke-shrouded summit of LeConte and the open-armed expanses of Andrews Bald, down into the laurel laden hollows of Porters Creek and the historic...