Lodging is the sector that benefits the most from national park visitation, with $9.9 billion spent on hotels, glamping outposts, lodges and other overnight accommodations, according to the report.

The USDA Forest Service updated Closure Order #08-11-00-24-02 related to Hurricane Helene on the Nantahala National Forest in Western North Carolina, reopening limited areas beginning on Friday ...

The Pisgah and Nantahala national forests, which sweep across 1.1 million acres of rugged, forested, often remote areas of WNC, might seem like a leash-free paradise, but in fact, they are not.

Sitting on the southern reaches of the Great Smoky Mountains, the Nantahala National Forest was recently the site of the highly anticipated Spring Appalachian Jeep Jamboree. The Fall Appalachian ...

Instead of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN and NC) Try: Nantahala National Forest (North Carolina) Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranks second out of 400 national parks in terms of ...

The U.S. Forest Service acquires a 49-acre inholding at the headwaters of Laurel Creek, in a popular recreation area in Nantahala National Forest.

No injuries were reported, and details of specific bear encounters were not released. It’s the second summer in a row that bear alerts have been issued for Pisgah and Nantahala national forests ...