We rode our bicycles around the 11 mile Cades Cove Loop Road again on a Saturday morning in June 2014. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings through the summer, the loop road is only open to bicyclists and pedestrians until 10 AM. This non-motorized access to the cove provides a completely different feeling to the journey.
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| Looking back toward Rich Mountain after about 1.8 miles |
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| Fog lifting across the cove from the same location as above |
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| Looking back across the field to the road already traveled from the overlook at 3.7 miles |
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| Fog still obscures Thunderhead Mountain from the same overlook |
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| The fog was clearing at the west end of the cove... |
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| ...revealing the ridges marking the state line |
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| Open fields on the western end of the cove |
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| Rich Mountain from mile 7.3 |
No entrance fee is charged at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The park website is http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm.
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