MOST POPULARDriving tour · Cades Cove
Cades Cove Loop
FIRST STOPS
- 1Loop Entrance & Orientation0:50
- 2The Cove Opens (first meadow)0:44
- 3Sparks Lane0:32
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Free to use for a limited period.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photo: Cades Cove — NPS / W. Bielenberg, public domain
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MOST POPULARDriving tour · Cades Cove
FIRST STOPS
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Walking · 9 stories
Abrams FallsA five-mile out-and-back hike from Cades Cove to Abrams Falls, following Abrams Creek…
Heritage · 12 stories
Cable Mill Historic AreaA flat, easy walk through the largest cluster of original farm buildings left in Cades…
Walking · 8 stories
Grotto Falls (Trillium Gap Trail)A four-mile round-trip walk on the Trillium Gap Trail to the only waterfall in the…
Driving · 15 stories
Roaring Fork Motor Nature TrailAn 11 mi drive, including Noah "Bud" Ogle Place and the Tub Mill & Flume.
Walking · 9 stories
Rainbow FallsA 2.9 mi walk, including Old Growth and a Scar That's Healing.
Walking · 6 stories
Kuwohi Summit WalkA 0.6 mi walk, including Into a Different Forest and the Highest Point in Tennessee.
Walking · 6 stories
Andrews BaldA 1.5 mi walk, including Descending Through the Forest and the Mystery of the Balds.
Heritage · 6 stories
Mountain Farm MuseumA 0.3 mi walk, including the Davis House and Barn, Springhouse & Outbuildings.
Heritage · 4 stories
Mingus MillA 0.1 mi walk, including the Flume and the Turbine.
Walking · 10 stories
Alum Cave BluffsA 2.3 mi walk, including Crossing the Streams and Arch Rock.
Walking · 8 stories
Deep Creek Waterfalls LoopA 1.3 mi walk, including an Old Road With a New Job and Juney Whank Falls.
Walking · 8 stories
Noah Ogle PlaceA 0.5 mi walk, including the Saddlebag Cabin.
Walking · 16 stories
Rich Mountain LoopA 7.7 mi walk, including the Fork, Out of Earshot and the John Oliver Place.
Driving · 28 stories
Newfound Gap RoadA 25 mi drive, including Sugarlands Visitor Center and Campbell Overlook.Front page: Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cades Cove — NPS / W. Bielenberg, public domain.
Cades Cove Loop: NPS / W. Bielenberg, public domain.
Abrams Falls: NPS, public domain.
Cable Mill Historic Area: NPS, public domain.
Grotto Falls (Trillium Gap Trail): NPS, public domain.
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Rainbow Falls: NPS, public domain.
Kuwohi Summit Walk: NPS, public domain.
Andrews Bald: NPS / Andrea Walton, public domain.
Mountain Farm Museum: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Mingus Mill: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Alum Cave Bluffs: NPS, public domain.
Deep Creek Waterfalls Loop: 2025 Park Break Fellows, courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Noah Ogle Place: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Rich Mountain Loop: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.
Newfound Gap Road: Courtesy U.S. National Parks, public domain.