Drive Free to use for a limited period.
Cades Cove Loop
- stops
- 27stops
- narration
- ~17 minnarration
- between stops, approx.
- 19.3 kmbetween stops, approx.
Can be saved for offline listening
A 27-stop guided drive · about 17 minutes of narration
Where it starts
Loop Entrance & Orientation
35.6033° N, 83.7775° W
The stops
- Stop 1: Loop Entrance & Orientation
- Stop 2: The Cove Opens (first meadow)
- Stop 3: Sparks Lane
- Stop 4: John Oliver Cabin
- Stop 5: The Names on the Map
- Stop 6: Primitive Baptist Church
- Stop 7: Methodist Church
- Stop 8: This Meadow Is Not An Accident
- Stop 9: Two Bears Per Square Mile
- Stop 10: Hyatt Lane (wildlife crossing)
- Stop 11: What Else Is Out There
- Stop 12: Missionary Baptist Church
- Stop 13: Rich Mountain Road & Cove Views
- Stop 14: Cooper Road Trail
- Stop 15: Elijah Oliver Place
- Stop 16: Abrams Falls Trailhead
- Stop 17: Visitor Center & Cable Mill Area
- Stop 18: Henry Whitehead Place
- Stop 19: Forge Creek & the Back Roads
- Stop 20: Cades Cove Nature Trail
- Stop 21: Dan Lawson Place
- Stop 22: Tipton Place
- Stop 23: Carter Shields Cabin
- Stop 24: The Back Stretch — Bears & Safety
- Stop 25: A Year in the Cove
- Stop 26: He Went to the Supreme Court
- Stop 27: Loop Exit & What's Next