The highest point in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a new name. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names agreed ...

T he highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, has officially returned to its Cherokee ...

Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is officially reverting to ...

Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort to officially restore the mountain and to recognize its ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved a formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to change ...

The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news release ...

This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday in favor of the formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee ...