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Great Smoky Mountains Visitors Face New Gatlinburg Traffic Delays From September 14
22+ hour, 24+ min ago (448+ words) Visitors heading to Great Smoky Mountains National Park through Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge face new traffic delays from September 14 as crews begin several weeks of lane closures on one of the region’s busiest roads. The National Park Service says multiple…...
Great local escapes await in the A.C.E. Basin
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (998+ words) A rice trunk and former rice field at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area in the A.C.E. Basin. I once read an interview of a musician living in Los Angeles in which he shared a secret: the best part of the West Coast…...
Lights out: Explore East Tennessee's caves this fall
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (559+ words) Kingsport Times News...
Bristol Caverns offer visitors a chance to see what lies beneath the surface of Tennessee, taking them about 120 feet underground.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (24+ words) Johnson City Press...
A railroad causeway built across Utah’s Great Salt Lake nearly divided it into two separate bodies of water with radically different salinity — today the north side can appear pink-purple while the south remains blue-green
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (596+ words) By Space Daily Editorial Team Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Fly over northern Utah on a clear afternoon and the water below looks like two paint tins spilled side by side and never stirred. Blue-green on one side of a…...
Skip the Smokies crowds this fall. Try these secret Tennessee spots
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (642+ words) The Great Smoky Mountains National Park continuously reigns supreme as the most visited national park in the country, and it's no surprise why. Wonderful waterfall hikes and beautiful fall foliage draw visitors to the park and contribute to autumn crowds,…...
A 13-Year-Old Crawled Through a Tiny Tunnel and Discovered America’s Largest Underground Lake
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (658+ words) Forty feet of crushing darkness led a teenage explorer to something extraordinary hidden 140 feet underground. Ben Sands was just thirteen years old when he discovered a huge underground lake. He had crawled on his hands and knees for about forty…...
Tour The Underground River By Boat At This Famous Kentucky Cave
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1788+ words) A boat ride into the earth sounds like something out of an old adventure story, but in southern Kentucky it happens every single day. There is a limestone cave here where you climb into a boat and drift straight into…...
10 Ideal Tennessee Destinations for a 3-Day Weekend in 2026
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1472+ words) WorldAtlas Small towns like Gatlinburg and Lynchburg serve as convenient launching pads for outdoor adventure and exploration in the Great Smoky Mountains and along the Cumberland Plateau. Pigeon Forge alone can fill 72 hours with a theme park, a riverside walk…...
Can you take your dog hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (27+ words) Knoxville News Sentinel Can you take your dog hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?...