Cades Cove Comparison - May and July - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

We visited Cades Cove in mid-May and mid-July 2022. Located on the Tennessee side of the park, it is one of the most visited locations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From the bright greens of late spring to the wildflowers and golden grass of summer, the changes were both dramatic and subtle. See if you can tell which images are of spring and which are of summer.

Here's a bonus of a couple of images of Meigs Falls, also on the Tennessee side of the park between the Townsend Wye and Metcalf Bottoms. These images were also taken in May and July 2022.

There is no entrance fee at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. However, a parking fee will be levied beginning March 1, 2023. The fee will be $5 for a daily tag, $15 for a seven-day tag, and $40 for an annual tag.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm.