Current Conditions

Alerts

Danger

• High Fire Danger and Fire Ban

  Date Posted: 3/22/2025Alert, Severity, danger, High Fire Danger and Fire BanDue to high fire danger throughout the park, a fire ban has been put into place. As a result, the lighting of campfires and charcoal grills is not allowed at this time.more

Park Closure

• Cosby Entrance Road closed for construction

  Date Posted: 12/9/2024Alert, Severity, closure, Cosby Entrance Road closed for constructionRehabilitation began on December 9 for the 2.3-mile-long Cosby Entrance Road from TN State Route 32 to the gate of Cosby Campground. While crews are working, the entrance road is closed to the public. The work is projected to be completed in spring 2025.more

• Seasonal closures in effect for some park roads

  Alert, Severity, closure, Seasonal closures in effect for some park roadsKuwohi Rd (formerly Clingmans Dome Rd), Parson Branch Rd, Rich Mountain Rd, Little Greenbrier Rd to the schoolhouse, and Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail are closed for the season.more

Information

• Most visitors need a parking tag

  Alert, Severity, information, Most visitors need a parking tagAll vehicles parking for longer than 15 minutes require a parking tag. Three tag durations are available for purchase for all vehicle sizes and types: Daily ($5), Weekly ($15), or Annual ($40).more

Alert Locations

 

Special Closure

Laurel Falls Trail is closed as of January 6, 2025, for about 18 months of rehabilitation work. (Laurel Falls Trail is closed from the trailhead on Fighting Creek Gap Road up to the junction with Little Greenbrier and Cove Mountain trails. For Sugarlands Mountain Trail, the trail is closed from the trailhead on Fighting Creek Gap Road up to the junction with Huskey Gap Trail.)

 

Closures & Conditions

View more information on current closures and conditions in the park.

Trail Conditions

Trails, backcountry campsites, and shelters may have warnings or closures. Check current trail closures before coming to the park.

Facility Information

Visitor Centers in the park are open year-round, except Christmas Day. Daily operating hours for visitor centers.

Cades Cove and Smokemont campgrounds remain open year-round. The park's eight other campgrounds and five horse camps close seasonally. Backcountry (backpacking) campsites are open year-round.

• Frontcountry Camping

• Backcountry Camping

• Horse Camps

Cades Cove, Deep Creek, Greenbrier and Metcalf Bottoms picnic areas are open year-round. Check the status of the remaining picnic areas.

River Levels & Flow

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains water gages that measure flow, river height, and temperature at Little River near Townsend, TN and in Cataloochee Creek in North Carolina. Note that on the discharge chart, the average streamflow is represented by an orange triangle, so that you can compare today's flow to the historic average.

Little River conditions
Cataloochee Creek conditions

 

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  Weather

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  Closures & Alerts

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  Webcams

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