GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Registration for the only organized footrace in the Smokies is set to open for participants next month ahead of the November event. The Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains ...

KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — Friends of the Smokies raised over $100,000 for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park through its fifth annual Cades Cove Loop Lope, which is the only organized footrace in the ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Cades Cove Loop Road will be closed on Sunday, November 10 until 11 a.m. for the Friends of the Smokies annual Loop Lope footrace, according to the National Park Service.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Starting in mid-June, National Park Service officials are setting aside days for bicyclists and pedestrians to experience Cades Cove Loop Road without motor vehicles. On June 18, ...

Cades Cove along with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is reopened amid the government shutdown thanks to state and local groups. Visitors enjoy driving along the scenic loop, taking in the ...

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!