While trails around Cades Cove and Elkmont often draw crowds, a small nature trail at the Chimneys Picnic Area offers some of the best wildflower viewing in the park, according to the Great Smoky ...

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Alternatively, you can bike the loop, and there are also hiking and horseback trails. The Cades Cove Visitor Center is located approximately six miles around the loop at the Cable Mill area.

Newfound Gap Road, Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Upper Tremont Road and Cataloochee Valley are some of the most popular roads outside of Cades Cove. All of the roads provide a gateway to a ...

Visitors are drawn to Cades Cove to view wildlife, access hiking and equestrian trails, take photographs, attend ranger programs, and ride bicycles. It is one of the park’s most popular areas ...

The road will remain closed until Feb. 29. Until then, Cades Cove Loop Road still can be reached via Rich Mountain Road, a seven-mile, single-lane gravel route, park officials said.