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.

Thursday afternoon, officials with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that Cades Cove Loop Road and Greenbrier ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park ... Baptist, Sparks Lane Marsh/Quarry, Rowans Marsh and Tipton Oliver areas. The fires help reduce fuels, restore habitats and maintain Cades Cove's landscape.

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

The National Park Service (NPS) plans to burn approximately 1,400 acres of fields in the eastern half of Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains ... Primitive Baptist, Sparks Lane Marsh/Quarry ...

The National Park Service plans to burn approximately 1,400 acres of fields in the eastern half of Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Weather permitting, burn ...

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 ...

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing.

A hiker missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since Feb. 1 was found dead just before 2 p.m. Feb. 2, according to a news release from the National Park Service. Ann Houghton ...