Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

CADES COVE LOOP ROAD SCHEDULED DELAYED MORNING OPENING The Cades Cove Loop Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed temporarily to motor vehicles until 10 a.m. each morning, April 28-May 1, Monday-Thursday, to accommodate road construction along the one-way loop road. The 11-mile scenic road, located eight miles from Townsend, Tenn., usually opens at sunrise. During the construction period, hikers and bikers will be permitted to travel back and forth just on a 5-mile portion of the road between the loop road entrance and the construction site. The Cades Cove Facility Management road crew will perform several projects during this time. They will resurface the Abrams Creek Trail entrance road and parking area with crushed stone and repair the drainage system in those areas. A wooden bridge on the loop road that carries traffic over Abrams Creek will be rehabilitated in this area as well. Pedestrians will not be permitted past the point of the bridge construction nor wil...

CADES COVE LOOP ROAD SCHEDULED DELAYED MORNING OPENING The Cades Cove Loop Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed temporarily to motor vehicles until 10 a.m. each morning, April 28-May 1, Monday-Thursday, to accommodate road construction along the one-way loop road. The 11-mile scenic road, located eight miles from Townsend, Tenn., usually opens at sunrise. During the construction period, hikers and bikers will be permitted to travel back and forth just on a 5-mile portion of the road between the loop road entrance and the construction site. The Cades Cove Facility Management road crew will perform several projects during this time. They will resurface the Abrams Creek Trail entrance road and parking area with crushed stone and repair the drainage system in those areas. A wooden bridge on the loop road that carries traffic over Abrams Creek will be rehabilitated in this area as well. Pedestrians will not be permitted past the point of the bridge construction nor wil...