An 11-mile, one-way loop road circles the Cades Cove, offering motorists the opportunity to sightsee at a leisurely pace. Allow at least two to four hours to tour Cades Cove, longer if you walk some of the area’s trails. Traffic is heavy during the tourist season in summer and fall and on weekends year-round. We joined driving in the caravan of cars. See Cades Cove – Wikipedia and Cades Cove – www.nps.gov
Ely’s Mill, Gatlinburg Tennessee (elysmill.com) one of the stops along the drive.
The Great Smokies are full of wildflowers in the Spring.
A list of 3 Historical Structures You’ll See Along Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail (smokymountainnationalpark.com). The Roaring Fork Auto Tour is so lovely we did it twice.
We drove the Roaring Forks Motor Tour twice during our stay near Gatlinburg, Tennessee by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) part of the Blue Ridge Mountain system.
Here are a few images made of the water in the air and on the ground during the first tour.
Waterfalls – Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
