Searching For Cades Cove Black Bears While Biking In The Great Smoky Mountain National Park

We load our bikes and head to Cades Cove to search for Cades Cove Black Bears. Cades Cove is an isolated valley located in the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cades Cove access will be motor vehicle-free all day Wednesdays from May 3 to September 27, 2023 to provide opportunities for pedestrians and cyclists to experience Cades Cove without motor vehicles. We didn't see as many Cades Cove Black Bears as we had hoped but will be back. Let us know if you have any questions...

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https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/cades-cove-vehicle-free-days.htm
https://cadescovetrading.com

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⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Pigeon Forge Publix
1:21 - Drive To Cades Cove
1:52 - Townsend Wye & Spruce Flats Falls
2:18 - Cades Cove Parking
2:40 - Cades Cove FAQ's
3:03 - Unloading Bikes
3:30 - Staring Our Bike Ride
4:30 - Start Of Cades Cove Loop Road
7:00 - Sparks Lane (4 Mile Loop)
7:07 - John Oliver Cabin & Ride
7:56 - Steep Hill
8:34 - Methodist Church
8:47 - Cades Cove Loop Continued
9:23 - Hyatt Lane (8 Mile Loop)
9:34 - Missionary Baptist Church
9:58 - Cades Cove Loop Continued
10:20 - Water Break
10:45 - Cades Cove Loop Continued
14:11 - Cades Cove Black Bears
14:30 - Cades Cove Loop Continued
15:20 - Cades Cove Deer
15:28 - Cades Cove Loop Continued
16:01 - Cades Cove Black Bears
16:32 - Final Stretch
17:18 - How Was It?
17:52 - Cades Cove Bike Rentals
18:29 - Cades Cove Campground Store Tour
20:31 - Final Thoughts & Bloopers

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Cades Cove is a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains and is one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smokies. It offers some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing in the park. Large numbers of white-tailed deer are frequently seen, and sightings of cades cove black bears, coyote, ground hog, turkey, raccoon, skunk, and other animals are also possible.

Touring the Cove
Vehicle-free access along the Cades Cove Loop Road takes place each Wednesday, from May 3 through September 27, 2023. On these days, the 11-mile loop can be enjoyed on foot or bicycle. There is always a great opportunity to see Cades Cove Black Bears!

An 11-mile, one-way loop road circles the cove, offering motorists the opportunity to sightsee at a leisurely pace. Allow at least two to four hours to tour Cades Cove, longer if you walk some of the area's trails. Traffic is heavy during the tourist season in summer and fall and on weekends year-round. While driving the loop road, please be courteous to other visitors and use pullouts when stopping to enjoy the scenery or view wildlife such as Cades Cove Black Bears.

An inexpensive self-guiding tour booklet available at the entrance to the road provides a map and information about the cove.

The valley has a rich history. For hundreds of years Cherokee Indians hunted in Cades Cove but archeologists have found no evidence of major settlements. The first Europeans settled in the cove sometime between 1818 and 1821. By 1830 the population of the area had already swelled to 271. Cades Cove offers the widest variety of historic buildings of any area in the national park.

Scattered along the loop road are three churches, a working gristmill, barns, log houses, and many other faithfully restored eighteenth and nineteenth century structures. Pick up the self-guiding tour booklet available at the entrance to the loop road for information about the buildings you'll see in the cove and the people who lived here. Let us know if you have any questions and we hope to bring you back soon to see more Cades Cove Black Bears!