Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.

Cades Cove will close for at least five days beginning Jan. 20, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The popular Cades Cove Loop Road will close from the morning of Jan. 20 until noon ...

Cades Loop Road will remain open to visitors pending weather conditions, but delays and temporary closures may happen to ensure public safety during the burn. Sparks and Hyatt lanes will be closed ...

The fires are scheduled to begin Monday, February 3 and end on Wednesday, February 5, as weather permits. Cades Cove Loop ...

During peak season, the popular national park has 10 to 12 "Volunteers in Park" on its roster for every one National Park ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

If you've found your way to Townsend, nestled on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, you're already privy to ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park completed their scheduled prescribed burns in the eastern half of Cades Cove on Monday.

CADES COVE, Tenn ... and maintain the historic landscape,” officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park posted. “New growth and early signs of spring will be visible in only a ...