Cades Cove Campground in TN -- Campground & RV Camping in Tennessee

Cades Cove Campground is set in a broad mountain valley within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Open year-round, the facility provides flush toilets and drinking water, along with a seasonal camp store offering basic supplies and bicycle rentals. The campground sits adjacent to an 11-mile scenic loop road, an amphitheater, and the 5-mile roundtrip trail to Abrams Falls. Historic 19th-century log structures are located nearby, and the town of Townsend is nine miles away.

Getting there: From Maryville, TN: Take U.S. 321 North (you'll actually be driving south!) from Maryville to Townsend, TN (about 22 miles). At the traffic light in Townsend, continue straight on TN 73 and follow signs to Cades Cove. From Pigeon Forge, TN take US 321 South (you'll be driving westerly) to Townsend, TN. Turn left (south) at Townsend onto TN 73. Follow signs to Cades Cove.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 161-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Scott Mountain stands 1,872 ft above the map pin, 1.5 miles north.
• Abrams Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
• Most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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