Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Cades Cove Loop Road will be closed to visitors for another week while the National Park Service removes “hazard trees.” The road initially closed from January 20-24.

The Cades Cove Visitor Center is located about midway ... of the park from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, over the mountains and into Cherokee, North Carolina.

GATLINBURG, Tennessee — Great Smoky Mountains National Park will remove hazard trees in Cades Cove Jan. 20-Jan. 24. This includes removing brush from the side of the road to keep vegetation from ...

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular Cades Cove Loop Road will close from the morning of Jan. 20 until noon ...

The town is also closest to the popular Cades Cove area of the park ... at Northrup Falls in the 165-acre Colditz Cove natural area. The Tennessee waterfall plunges more than 60 feet from a ...

The National Park Service plans to burn approximately 1,400 acres of fields in the eastern half of Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Weather permitting, burn ...

Cades Loop Road will remain open to visitors pending weather conditions, but delays and temporary closures may happen to ensure public safety during the burn. Sparks and Hyatt lanes will be closed ...

Surrounded by mountains, Cades Cove is an isolated ... Several hiking trails, including one to Abrams Falls, begin here. Longer hikes, including Thunderhead Mountain and Rocky Top, also start ...

It's all conveniently located just over 30 miles from Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee ... cemetery in Cades Cove. After that, you can access hiking trails like the Abrams Falls Trail ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that Cades Cove will be closed for five days as they remove hazardous trees. Cades Cove Loop Road will close from the ...