Found Deceased TN- Ann Houghton, 73, overdue hiker, vehicle found Smokemont Campgrnd, Great Smoky Mtn Natl Park, planned to hike 28-29 Jan 2025

[Unalienable Rights]

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently searching for overdue hiker Ann Houghton in the area of Smokemont Campground.

Law enforcement and search and rescue personnel are focusing efforts along Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Houghton is described as a 73-year-old female with gray hair, approximately 105 pounds and 5 feet and 6 inches tall. Her planned itinerary was to hike in the park starting on Jan. 28 until Jan. 29. Her vehicle was found at the Smokemont Campground. Houghton was reported missing on Feb. 1.

If you have any information or see Ann Houghton, please contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230.

73-year-old missing hiker found dead on Sunday, NPS says

Ann Houghton's itinerary revealed plans to hike in the park from Jan. 28 to Jan. 29.

www.wbir.com

Missing hiker found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Authorities found missing hiker, Ann Houghton, dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after she went missing on January 29.

www.knoxnews.com

 

[HmmMysterious]

https://www.facebook.com/GreatSmokyMountainsNPS/posts/1018753376954847

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently searching for overdue hiker Ann Houghton in the area of Smokemont Campground.

Law enforcement and search and rescue personnel are focusing efforts along Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek, Hughes Ridge and Enloe Creek trails. Houghton is described as a 73-year-old female with gray hair, approximately 105 pounds and 5 feet and 6 inches tall. Her planned itinerary was to hike in the park starting on Jan. 28 until Jan. 29. Her vehicle was found at the Smokemont Campground. Houghton was reported missing on Feb. 1.

If you have any information or see Ann Houghton, please contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230.

73-year-old missing hiker found dead on Sunday, NPS says

Ann Houghton's itinerary revealed plans to hike in the park from Jan. 28 to Jan. 29.

www.wbir.com

Missing hiker found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Authorities found missing hiker, Ann Houghton, dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after she went missing on January 29.

www.knoxnews.com

According to a store owner, Ann is one of her customers and has lots of experience with the outdoors. She knows these parks and trails very well too which is making me think a freak accident happened.

 

[Stunned]

Was her basecamp in the campground itself?

 

[GraceG]

I checked the NOAA radar for the 28th and 29th. Looked clear over the whole area. I hope they find her, she's pretty thin, probably just how she is built (My Mom, who was an athlete all her life, was always that thin) but it gives you a much greater risk of hypothermia, assuming a fall or some other kind of unexpected accident.

 

[Stunned]

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I checked the NOAA radar for the 28th and 29th. Looked clear over the whole area. I hope they find her, she's pretty thin, probably just how she is built (My Mom, who was an athlete all her life, was always that thin) but it gives you a much greater risk of hypothermia, assuming a fall or some other kind of unexpected accident.
I've camped at Smokemont, I'm worried about her with all the creeks and getting hypothermia. She could have cracked through some ice and not even known she was on a wetland.

 

[Herat]

Update in first post says that Ann Houghton has sadly been found deceased this afternoon, about a quarter mile from the Enloe Creek Trail.

My condolences to her family, her friends, and to the searchers.

 

[SBMonsterFighter]

Has there been any news on how she died?

 

[Herat]

Has there been any news on how she died?

No news released by LE.

 

[GraceG]

Has there been any news on how she died?

No, COD isn't always released if the death is non suspicious. A wonderful tribute is up for her - what an amazing lady. She is going to be missed by many. Missing hiker Ann Houghton found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - BBBTV12

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A resident of Jackson County, North Carolina, Houghton volunteered in the park for more than 20 years, a spokesperson said. In 2022, she was nominated for a National Park Service George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/tennessee/missing-hiker-found-dead-in-smokies/

 

[wendybtn]

Missing hiker Ann Houghton found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[swanniee11]

God love her, she had a passion. Prayers for her and her family.