Through this rehabilitation, the NPS will enhance safety and the hiking experience for the more than 300,000 visitors who hike each year on Laurel Falls, which on the Tennessee side of park.

Park officials announced on Tuesday that crews will “begin a major rehabilitation” on Laurel Falls Trail, which will close for 18 months starting Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Crews are slated to make ...

If you’re planning a hike around New Year’s Day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of its most popular trails will be closing during the first week of January for improvements and ...

The Laurel Falls Trail is a 3½-mile drive from the ... of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into Cherokee, North Carolina.

The 1.3-mile Laurel Falls Trail, which sees as many as 375,000 ... The waterfall is just over 7 miles southwest of Gatlinburg, on the Tennessee side of the national park. News of the vandalism ...

David Cate from Kingsport hiked from Laurel Run Park near Church Hill to Laurel Run Falls in hopes that the falls hadn't thawed out yet, and has you ...

Laurel Falls Trail is a major attraction due largely to its location near a key entrance of the park, which straddles the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. Tourists need only drive 6.7 miles ...