This image depicts an American Black Bear in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed Rich Mountain Road in Cades Cove after a visitor ...

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are closing Rich Mountain Road in Cades Cove to all traffic. The closure started on Aug. 5, and will continue until further notice. A release from GSMNP ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — UPDATE: The National Park Service reopened Rich Mountain Road after a month-long closure to give black bears in the area safe access to forage for necessary natural foods, the park ...

GATLINBURG Tenn. (WATE) — Rich Mountain Road in the Cades Cove area has been closed until further notice because of a close encounter between a visitor in their vehicle and a bear. According to ...

A bear scratched a tourist through the open window of a car in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rangers said Saturday. "A visitor within their vehicle encountered a bear that has become habituated ...

Many thanks to Jeff Mullins of Jeff Mullins Photography, who sent these pictures he took during a recent trip to Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

So many visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ‒ especially the ones staying in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge ‒ ask themselves this: Is Cades Cove worth going to? In one enthusiastic word: Yes!

For visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove is an immediate draw. The famous loop road draws millions of ...

A rare case of poaching is being investigated in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where hunting is illegal. The National ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed Rich Mountain Road in Cades Cove after a visitor in a car received "minor scratches" from a bear. Rangers say the bear has become habituated ...