CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — The 2025 start date for vehicle-free days at Cades Cove has been announced after being delayed in May. Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that the vehicle-free ...

Surrounded by mountains, Cades Cove is an isolated, fertile valley. An 11-mile, one-way loop road surrounds the valley and is one of the best places in the park to view wildlife. Once a hunting ground ...

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

After a delayed start, vehicle-free days at Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will return this summer. The Smokies will offer the first Cades Cove vehicle-free day of the year in June ...

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 (UPDATE) — The National Park Service will reopen Laurel Creek Road, Cades Cove Loop Road and Cades Cove campground Saturday, March 30. Cades Cove Loop Road will be open at sunrise ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains open amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, allowing visitors to enjoy popular areas this fall. One of those areas will temporarily close, but not ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) is just days away from shutting down the only road you can drive to Cades Cove for two months. The park will close the gate on Laurel ...

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — The National Park Service plans to have a prescribed burn on approximately 1,400 acres of Cades ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park will make vehicle-free Wednesdays a permanent summer fixture at Cades Cove following a 2020 pilot program to test the concept. Beginning ...

The ravages of a tiny insect have forced Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials to close Parson Branch Road in Cades Cove. It is not expected to reopen in 2016. More than 1,700 hazardous trees, ...