Open your windows, relax and enjoy the slow ride. In that case, it will take you several hours to get through the loop. When it is busy, traffic can be bumper-to-bumper. When the park is not busy, plan at least two hours to go around the loop. That depends on a lot of factors, including how often you stop, how many cars are driving through with you and whether there are traffic jams due to animal viewing (it happens!). How long does it take to go through Cades Cove? The loop road is open each morning at sunrise and closes each evening at sunset, according to the National Park. Restrooms and a shop are located at the Visitors Center.Īt the Cable Mill site, visitors can 'learn about Southern Mountain life and culture, and see a gristmill (operates spring through fall), the Becky Cable house, and other historic structures.' What time does Cades Cove open?Ĭades Cove hours are daylight every day. The Cades Cove Visitors Center is about halfway through the drive near the historic Cable Mill site. There are several parking lots so visitors can pull off and explore.

The Cades Cove Loop is an 11-mile, one-way drive that brings visitors are around the lowlands of Cades Cove and near several historic cabins, churches and cemeteries.

View Gallery: Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the years

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