GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — One of the most popular destinations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will soon be the site of a prescribed burn that will span over 1,000 acres. The National Park ...

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE) — Visitors to Cades Cove this weekend should expect to see firefighters amid the fall colors as a prescribed burn gets underway. Nearly 690 acres in Cades Cove will be burned ...

If you see a fire in Cades Cove this week, don't be alarmed. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff are planing to burn approximately 500 acres ...

The Smokies could be a little smoky for the first week of February. But it's no cause for concern. Planned controlled burn operations are expected to occur in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky ...

The National Park Service plans to burn approximately 1,200 acres of fields in Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Weather permitting, burn operations may begin as early as Nov. 3.

For visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove is an immediate draw. The famous loop road draws millions of ...

TOWNSEND, Tenn. — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) is just days away from shutting down the only road you can drive to Cades Cove for two months. The park will close the gate on Laurel ...

Is Cades Cove open now? What about Sugarlands Visitor Center? Do you need a parking tag to visit the country’s most-visited ...

As Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to feel growing pains from its hordes of visitors from around the world each year, park managers continue trying innovative ways to lessen congestion ...

The Cades Cove Preservation Association will host its ninth Cades Cove Homecoming beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 — a welcome resumption of a popular event that was put on hold in 2020 due to ...