An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing. Ann ...

If you’re heading to the surrounding park area, here’s where to stay—from secluded cabins and riverside retreats, to a ...

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National ... quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail,” the National Park Service said in a news release.

Ann Houghton was found dead Feb. 2, on one of her many explorations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

She had planned to hike in the park from ... Enloe Creek trails, NPS said. Houghton, a resident of Jackson County, North Carolina, had volunteered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National ... release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton, 73, was found roughly a quarter-mile off of Enloe Creek Trail near Smokemont ...

Visitors could encounter unkempt trails, unclean bathrooms and fewer park rangers. Great Smoky Mountains National Park has relied on 200 permanent employees and 140 seasonal employees, according ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers condolences to her family and friends,” Sellars said. Houghton had originally departed for an overnight hike last ... Enloe Creek trails where her ...

She had planned to hike in the park Jan. 28-29,” the ... Feb. 2 “roughly a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail,” the National Park Service said in a news release. Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Search teams discovered her body approximately a quarter mile off Enloe Creek Trail ... passing is a great loss to the community and the park she loved. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

She had planned to hike in the park Jan ... Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Houghton, who lived in Jackson County, had volunteered in the Great Smokies for more than 20 years. In 2022, the news release ...