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Cades Cove is an 11-mile loop road through a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Historic homesteads, churches, and barns dot the landscape. Wildlife sightings including black bears, deer, and wild turkeys are common.

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Historic Sites
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Museums

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Mountain Farm Museum

Mountain Farm Museum

4.8

Open-air farm exhibits near Cades Cove

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Outdoor Adventures

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Alum Cave Trail

Alum Cave Trail

4.8

Scenic 5-mile GSMNP hike to Alum Cave

TrailsGSMNP
Mount LeConte via Alum Cave Trail

Mount LeConte via Alum Cave Trail

4.9

Tough 10.2-mile to highest peak

HikingDifficult Hike
Laurel Falls Trail

Laurel Falls Trail

4.7

Popular 2.6-mile paved waterfall trail

WaterfallsTrails
Abrams Falls Trail

Abrams Falls Trail

4.7

5-mile trail to powerful waterfall

WaterfallsTrails
Chimney Tops Trail

Chimney Tops Trail

4.6

Scenic rocky pinnacles with views

TrailsGSMNP
Trillium Gap Trail to Grotto Falls

Trillium Gap Trail to Grotto Falls

4.8

Moderate hike to Grotto Falls

HikingModerate Hike
Cades Cove Scenic Loop

Cades Cove Scenic Loop

4.7

Wildlife & scenic 11-mile drive

DrivesGSMNP
Kuwohi Trailhead

Kuwohi Trailhead

4.8

Access to Clingmans Dome viewpoint

TrailsGSMNP
Charlies Bunion via Appalachian Trail

Charlies Bunion via Appalachian Trail

4.9

8-mile challenging Appalachian hike

HikingDifficult Hike
Mount Cammerer Trail

Mount Cammerer Trail

4.9

Strenuous 11-mile to fire tower

HikingDifficult Hike
Andrews Bald Trail

Andrews Bald Trail

4.7

Scenic 3.6-mile high-elevation hike

HikingModerate Hike
Cataract Falls

Cataract Falls

4.6

Accessible waterfall near Sugarlands

WaterfallsGSMNP
Gregory Bald Trail

Gregory Bald Trail

4.8

Strenuous 11-mile grassy bald hike

HikingDifficult Hike
Little River Trail

Little River Trail

4.6

Scenic 12.4-mile river trail

HikingEasy Hike
Cove Hardwood Nature Trail

Cove Hardwood Nature Trail

4.6

Forest of giants on easy trail

HikingEasy Hike
Hen Wallow Falls Trail

Hen Wallow Falls Trail

4.6

Moderate 4.4-mile to 90-ft waterfall

HikingModerate Hike
Porters Creek Trail

Porters Creek Trail

4.7

Old-growth forest with historic features

HikingModerate Hike
Spruce Flats Falls Trail

Spruce Flats Falls Trail

4.7

Moderate 2-mile waterfall hike

HikingModerate Hike
Noah

Noah "Bud" Ogle Cabin

4.8

Preserved late 1800s mountain homestead

Historic
Chasteen Creek Cascade Trail

Chasteen Creek Cascade Trail

4.5

Easy 3.6-mile hike to waterfalls

HikingEasy Hike
Fighting Creek Nature Trail

Fighting Creek Nature Trail

4.4

Gentle 1-mile trail near visitor center

HikingEasy Hike
Metcalf Bottoms Trail

Metcalf Bottoms Trail

4.5

Historic 0.7-mile trail from picnic area

HikingEasy Hike
Rich Mountain Loop Trail

Rich Mountain Loop Trail

4.6

8.5-mile panoramic mountain loop

HikingModerate Hike
Kephart Prong Trail

Kephart Prong Trail

4.4

Easy 4-mile trail to CCC remains

HikingEasy Hike
Middle Prong Trail

Middle Prong Trail

4.5

Easy 4.1-mile streamside hike

HikingEasy Hike
Smokemont Loop Trail

Smokemont Loop Trail

4.4

Easy 6.1-mile forest loop trail

HikingEasy Hike
Cucumber Gap Loop Trail

Cucumber Gap Loop Trail

4.5

Easy 5.5-mile loop with waterfalls

HikingEasy Hike
Elkmont Nature Trail

Elkmont Nature Trail

4.3

Historic area loop, family-friendly

HikingEasy Hike
The Place of a Thousand Drips

The Place of a Thousand Drips

4.8

Scenic roadside waterfall on Roaring Fork

GSMNPScenic
Pretty Hollow Gap Trail

Pretty Hollow Gap Trail

4.773679901557656

Mount Sterling Ridge to Palmer Creek

HikingNational Park
Lumber Ridge Trail

Lumber Ridge Trail

4.595591083974204

Connects Meigs Creek & Mountain

HikingNational Park
Albright Grove Loop

Albright Grove Loop

4.532233040290432

Old-growth forest hike loop

HikingNational Park
Hyatt Ridge Trail

Hyatt Ridge Trail

4.79386923022101

Trail from Benton MacKaye

HikingNational Park
Kanati Fork Trail

Kanati Fork Trail

4.6287096586158745

Trail from Gap to Divide

HikingNational Park
Crib Gap Trail

Crib Gap Trail

4.565400326305724

Trail from Anthony Creek to Turkeypen

HikingNational Park
Chestnut Top Trail

Chestnut Top Trail

4.4

Moderate 5.6-mile ridge trail

HikingModerate Hike
Schoolhouse Gap Trail

Schoolhouse Gap Trail

4.3

Gentle 4.4-mile family trail

HikingEasy Hike
Long Hungry Ridge Trail

Long Hungry Ridge Trail

4.763525061061351

From Gregory Bald to Loop

HikingNational Park
Camel Gap Trail

Camel Gap Trail

4.520777127403463

Connects Big Creek to Appalachian Trail

HikingNational Park
Dry Sluice Gap Trail

Dry Sluice Gap Trail

4.775551711878484

Connects Cabin Flats to Hughes

HikingNational Park
Gold Mine Trail

Gold Mine Trail

4.73347003832755

Hiking trail to Cane Creek

HikingNational Park
Forney Creek Trail

Forney Creek Trail

4.528654228884064

Long trail from Jonas to Forney

HikingNational Park
Stone Pile Gap Trail

Stone Pile Gap Trail

4.73606398406057

Indian Creek connector

HikingNational Park
Juney Whank Falls Trail

Juney Whank Falls Trail

4.664500499566519

Waterfall near Deep Creek

HikingNational Park
Sunkota Ridge Trail

Sunkota Ridge Trail

4.821590480813541

Loop Trail to Martins Gap

HikingNational Park
Greenbrier Ridge Trail

Greenbrier Ridge Trail

4.850510953901802

Connects Middle Prong to AT

HikingNational Park
Tunnel Bypass Trail

Tunnel Bypass Trail

4.661871417515115

Short trail bypass around road tunnel

HikingNational Park
Rabbit Creek Trail

Rabbit Creek Trail

4.673204086030469

Wet Bottom to Abrams Falls

HikingNational Park
Caldwell Fork Trail

Caldwell Fork Trail

4.567615158601071

Cataloochee Valley trail hub

HikingNational Park
Sweat Heifer Creek Trail

Sweat Heifer Creek Trail

4.777736005504437

Hiking trail connecting Kephart Prong to Appala...

HikingNational Park
Wolf Ridge Trail

Wolf Ridge Trail

4.711266905817861

Part of popular Twentymile Loop

HikingNational Park
Cooper Road Trail

Cooper Road Trail

4.672013446104068

Historic road to Hatcher Mountain

HikingNational Park
Maddron Bald Trail

Maddron Bald Trail

4.869523837884459

Old-growth forest to Albright Grove

HikingNational Park
Bradley Fork Trail

Bradley Fork Trail

4.692239315341487

Streamside trail from Smokemont

HikingNational Park
Cooper Creek Trail

Cooper Creek Trail

4.823706095464864

Long trail from Deeplow to Mingus

HikingNational Park
Gunter Fork Trail

Gunter Fork Trail

4.878990615970931

Trail from Balsam Mountain

HikingNational Park
Goldmine Loop Trail

Goldmine Loop Trail

4.578588075426136

Loop trail with Tunnel Bypass

HikingNational Park
West Prong Trail

West Prong Trail

4.856791243495768

Trail from Tremont to Bote Mountain

HikingNational Park
Springhouse Branch Trail

Springhouse Branch Trail

4.885530285602728

Forney Creek to Noland Creek

HikingNational Park
Meigs Creek Trail

Meigs Creek Trail

4.3

Moderate 7-mile trail with stream crossings

HikingModerate Hike
Rough Creek Trail

Rough Creek Trail

4.594727432049028

Sugarland Mountain to Little River

HikingNational Park
Mingus Creek Trail

Mingus Creek Trail

4.778969423508011

From Mingus Mill to Newton Bald

HikingNational Park
Grassy Branch Trail

Grassy Branch Trail

4.631630894104788

Trail connecting to Dry Sluice

HikingNational Park
Wet Bottom Trail

Wet Bottom Trail

4.549049994100993

Connector from Abrams Falls to Rabbit Creek

HikingNational Park
McKee Branch Trail

McKee Branch Trail

4.819385457093724

Connects Cataloochee to Caldwell

HikingNational Park
Eagle Creek Trail

Eagle Creek Trail

4.537302612891733

Remote trail to Appalachian Trail

HikingNational Park
Snake Den Ridge Trail

Snake Den Ridge Trail

4.622229304236315

Cosby to Maddron Bald

HikingNational Park
Finley Cane Trail

Finley Cane Trail

4.61849201928752

Easy trail from Turkeypen to Lead

HikingNational Park
Lynn Camp Prong Trail

Lynn Camp Prong Trail

4.510173576329957

Trail to logging camp ruins

HikingNational Park
Cold Spring Gap Trail

Cold Spring Gap Trail

4.614409298889206

Connects High Rocks to Welch Ridge

HikingNational Park
Old Settlers Trail

Old Settlers Trail

4.565500477437768

Trail through historic settlements

HikingNational Park
Jenkins Ridge Trail

Jenkins Ridge Trail

4.726708927788481

Hazel Creek to Appalachian

HikingNational Park
Cane Creek Trail

Cane Creek Trail

4.813594130834586

Short trail to Cooper Road

HikingNational Park
Forney Ridge Trail

Forney Ridge Trail

4.794005434316037

Trail to Clingmans Dome area

HikingNational Park
Bullhead Trail

Bullhead Trail

4.892048569360152

Wildflower-filled route to LeConte

HikingNational Park
Grapeyard Ridge Trail

Grapeyard Ridge Trail

4.66356341397183

Long trail from Roaring Fork

HikingNational Park
Pole Road Creek Trail

Pole Road Creek Trail

4.599054759706477

Noland Divide to Deep Creek

HikingNational Park
Boulevard Trail

Boulevard Trail

4.590705967313916

High-elevation trail to Mount LeConte

HikingNational Park
High Rocks Trail

High Rocks Trail

4.541729747482748

Viewpoint spur from Cold Springs

HikingNational Park
Whiteoak Branch Trail

Whiteoak Branch Trail

4.887731992275652

Connector to Lakeshore Trail

HikingNational Park
Beech Gap Trail

Beech Gap Trail

4.580487140555509

Trail linking Benton MacKaye & Hyatt

HikingNational Park
Welch Ridge Trail

Welch Ridge Trail

4.789643671210995

Ridge trail linking High Rocks to Jonas Creek

HikingNational Park
Hughes Ridge Trail

Hughes Ridge Trail

4.515252711928765

Ridge connecting Bradley to Enloe

HikingNational Park
Long Bunk Trail

Long Bunk Trail

4.851608385999081

Connects Mount Sterling

HikingNational Park
Turkeypen Ridge Trail

Turkeypen Ridge Trail

4.761719591596828

Connects Schoolhouse Gap to Finley Cane

HikingNational Park
Hemphill Bald Trail

Hemphill Bald Trail

4.730755762178495

Ridge trail to Cataloochee

HikingNational Park
Boogerman Trail

Boogerman Trail

4.536534542804058

Loop through ancient giant trees

HikingNational Park
Crooked Arm Ridge Trail

Crooked Arm Ridge Trail

4.771015333154474

Trail between Scott and Rich Mtn

HikingNational Park
Beard Cane Trail

Beard Cane Trail

4.6043445309181426

Trail connecting Cooper to Hatcher

HikingNational Park
Ace Gap Trail

Ace Gap Trail

4.813126766741135

Scenic forest trail in park

HikingNational Park
Twentymile Trail

Twentymile Trail

4.693237184794727

Trail from Twentymile Station to Appalachian Trail

HikingNational Park
Baxter Creek Trail

Baxter Creek Trail

4.814596649498699

Steep climb to Mount Sterling

HikingNational Park
Twentymile Loop Trail

Twentymile Loop Trail

4.752573261801525

Loop combining Twentymile and Wolf Ridge trails

HikingNational Park
Lakeshore Trail

Lakeshore Trail

4.517455744379943

Trail along Fontana Lake

HikingNational Park
Palmer Creek Trail

Palmer Creek Trail

4.546617845000742

From Pretty Hollow Gap to Cataloochee

HikingNational Park
Thomas Divide Trail

Thomas Divide Trail

4.693522823338932

Long ridge trail with multiple access points

HikingNational Park
Roundtop Trail

Roundtop Trail

4.756908438307128

Little Brier Gap to Little Greenbrier

HikingNational Park
Inspiration Point

Inspiration Point

4.9

Panoramic views of Smoky Ridges

GSMNPScenic
Arch Rock

Arch Rock

4.8

Landmark on Alum Cave Trail

GSMNPScenic
Russell Field Trail

Russell Field Trail

4.591437780948268

Anthony Creek to Appalachian Trail

HikingNational Park
Miry Ridge Trail

Miry Ridge Trail

4.54217267731555

Lynn Camp Prong to Panther Creek

HikingNational Park
Rough Fork Trail

Rough Fork Trail

4.8532218434539205

Cataloochee to Big Fork Ridge

HikingNational Park
Jakes Creek Trail

Jakes Creek Trail

4.804496809673502

Elkmont to Panther Creek

HikingNational Park
Walker Sisters Spring House

Walker Sisters Spring House

4.8

Historic cabin and spring house

Historic
Newton Bald Trail

Newton Bald Trail

4.668725256926835

Connects to Thomas Divide

HikingNational Park
Cabin Flats Trail

Cabin Flats Trail

4.841636278198956

Short connector from Dry Sluice

HikingNational Park
Enloe Creek Trail

Enloe Creek Trail

4.715306557081254

Connects Hyatt Ridge to Chasteen

HikingNational Park
Bone Valley Trail

Bone Valley Trail

4.851757321905161

Connector to Hazel Creek Trail

HikingNational Park
Hazel Creek Trail

Hazel Creek Trail

4.71857033200023

Historic Hazel Creek trail

HikingNational Park
Jonas Creek Trail

Jonas Creek Trail

4.782874360946272

Welch Ridge to Forney Creek

HikingNational Park
Martins Gap Trail

Martins Gap Trail

4.897909735026446

Connects Sunkota Ridge, Indian Creek

HikingNational Park

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Aquariums & Animals

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Cades Cove Loop Road

Cades Cove Loop Road

4.8

Scenic 11-mile wildlife viewing loop

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Immersive Experiences

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Scenic Tours & Horseback

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Cades Cove Carriage Rides

Cades Cove Carriage Rides

4.7

Guided horse-drawn carriage rides

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