Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers continue to search for 58-year-old Kevin Mark Lynch who went missing in Smoky Mountains on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lynch was reportedly last seen walking along the boundary of the park at The Swag resort in Haywood County, N.C. near the Cataloochee Divide Trail. Kevin Mark Lynch This photo was taken of Kevin Mark ...

Searchers are looking for a man with dementia who went missing from a resort along the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Saturday. Park officials say 58 year-old Kevin Mark Lynch was last seen along the boundary of the park at The Swag resort in Waynesville, N.C. at 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lynch has ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Look Rock Picnic Area will reopen to the public on Friday, July 26, 2019. Park crews recently completed the first phase of a rehabilitation project allowing the site to reopen after being closed in 2013. “We’re glad that people will once again have the opportunity to enjoy a picnic as part of ...

The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch investigators are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of 64-year-old David Junior Carver, whose remains were found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this month. Carver was last seen at his Rockford, Tenn. home on April 29. His family reported him missing to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office on June ...

Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was closed for five hours Monday following a fatal motor vehicle accident. According to park officials, rangers responded to a report of a single-car, motor vehicle accident on Clingmans Dome Road at about 12:30 p.m. on July 15, 2019. The park’s technical Search and Rescue Team, Cherokee Tribal EMS, and Cherokee ...

Officials say the human remains found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this week have been identified. The Knox Country Regional Forensic Center positively identified the remains as 64-year-old David J. Carver, of Blount County, Tenn., through comparison of medical records. David J. Carver, 64 On Monday, July 8, 2019, an off-trail hiker found Carver’s body in an area ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for viewing synchronous fireflies in Elkmont. Shuttle service to the viewing area will be provided on Thursday, May 30 through Thursday, June 6, 2019. All visitors wishing to view the synchronous fireflies at Elkmont must have a parking pass distributed through the lottery system at www.recreation.gov.  Every year in late ...

Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) and R&R Fly Fishing Co-owners Ian & Charity Rutter visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the Laurel Falls trail to observe dilapidated infrastructure sites and take part in fly fishing along the Little Greenbrier River. The park currently faces $151 million in deferred maintenance projects that negatively impact visitors’ ability to enjoy the Smokies. In ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials finalized the 2019 spring opening schedule for park facilities. Most campgrounds, picnic areas, and roads opened Friday, April 19, in time for Easter weekend. However, winds and rainy weather forced some closures. The remainder of the facilities will open between now and Memorial Day weekend in preparation for the busy summer season. “Our staff ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to conduct a 240-acre prescribed burn along the park boundary near the Lake in the Sky and the Top of the World communities in Blount County, TN. The prescribed burn operations are expected to last up to two days between Tuesday, March 12 and Sunday, ...