Cades Cove lies roughly 30 miles southwest of Gatlinburg and the scenic loop is open from sunrise to sunset daily, with the exception of Wednesdays between May and September when it's closed to ...

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.

Burn operations may occur between March 6 and April 1 in several fields of Cades Cove. A release from GSMNP originally said the prescribed burns were taking place on Feb. 13 to March 3.