While other national parks are closed as the government shutdown drags on, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open - at least through Nov. 2.

TOWNSEND, Tenn. (WATE) — From May through September, one of the most popular roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed Wednesdays to motor vehicles. Cades Cove Loop Road will ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Vehicle-free Wednesdays on Cades Cove Loop Road will begin May 4 through September 28, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. GSMNP officials encourage ...

After a delayed start, vehicle-free days at Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will return this summer. The Smokies will offer the first Cades Cove vehicle-free day of the year in June ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — There may not be anywhere in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) as popular as Cades Cove. The scenic loop alone routinely attracts more than 2.1 million visitors per ...

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — The 2025 start date for vehicle-free days at Cades Cove has been announced after being delayed in May. Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that the vehicle-free ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park will make vehicle-free Wednesdays a permanent summer fixture at Cades Cove following a 2020 pilot program to test the concept. Beginning ...

Cades Cove started vehicle-free Wednesdays with a little rock slide and a lot of visitors on Wednesday, June 24. The area was packed with cars Wednesday, but none of them was driving the 11-mile loop ...

Blount County residents ready to pedal through Cade’s Cove sans vehicles will have to wait a little longer this year. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park service has confirmed that it will be ...