While hikers can travel Rainbow Falls Trail for its full 6.7 miles to Mount Le Conte, most opt for the 5.6-mile out-and-back hike to its namesake waterfall. Rainbow Falls cascades 80 feet, making it ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The National Park Service and Tennessee National Guard rescued an injured child on Friday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. According to the NPS, rangers ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — An injured child was flown from a popular trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to a hospital on Friday. The Tennessee Army National Guard was called to assist ...