Cades Cove Visitor Center, National Park Service visitor center in Blount County, Tennessee.
The Cades Cove Visitor Center provides maps, exhibits, and educational materials about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's natural environment and historical structures.
Cherokee Indians used this land for hunting before European settlers established their first permanent residences between 1818 and 1821 in the mountain-surrounded valley.
The center displays exhibits featuring the mountain community's farming methods, religious practices, and daily routines of early Appalachian settlers through photographs and artifacts.
Visitors should plan to spend between two to four hours exploring the 11-mile loop road, which remains closed to vehicles every Wednesday from May through September.
The visitor center offers National Parks Passport cancellation stamps while providing access to preserved log homes, churches, and a functioning gristmill along the loop road.
Location: Blount County
GPS coordinates: 35.58497,-83.84309
Latest update: March 4, 2025 20:03
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