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Little Bald · 1,445 m · 7.9 km SE
Tennessee

Cades Cove

Floor413 m1,355 ft
Depth
368 m
Rim
898 m
Length
16.9 km
Tonight
48°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Cades Cove is up to 368 m deep: the rim reaches 898 m and the floor 413 m, along 16.9 km.

All facts
Floor
413 m
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Depth

Depth of Cades Cove

Up to 368 m deep (typically 258 m) along the 16.9 km in view.

4006008001,000368 mrimfloor051016.9 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Cades Cove 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Cades Cove terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cades Cove elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cades Cove weather

Tonight · Fair · 48°F (9°C) · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Cades Cove forecast for about 531 m.

  • Tonight48°–0–5 mph SE
  • Sat48°72°–0–5 mph NE
  • Sun46°73°–0–5 mph NE
  • Mon50°73°–0–5 mph NE
  • Tue53°74°–0–5 mph N
  • Wed50°74°–0–5 mph NE
  • Thu51°75°–0–5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cades Cove

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cades Cove, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km NNW

    +2 more within 0.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Elijah Oliver Cabin Access Trail Trailhead

    0.4 km NNW · +2 more within 3.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Beard Cane #11

    5.3 km NNW · +1 more within 6.1 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km NNW
Elijah Oliver Cabin Access Trail TrailheadTrailhead0.4 km NNW
Parking0.7 km N
Parking0.9 km S
Abrams FallsTrailhead1.0 km WSW
Gregory Ridge Trail TrailheadTrailhead3.5 km S
Beard Cane #11Campsite5.3 km NNW
Rich Mountain #5Campsite6.1 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
30.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
48.3%
Steep, 30–45°
20.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
21.0% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
1,110 m low point 344 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.6%Grassland 5.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Cades Cove.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Coon Butt705 m 3.1 km SW
  2. 2Cades Cove Mountain880 m 3.7 km NE
  3. 3Cobb Butt1,177 m 5.6 km ESE
  4. 4Double Mountain1,083 m 5.6 km ENE
  5. 5Rich Mountain1,117 m 6.0 km NE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,726 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • White-tailed Deer816
  • Wild Turkey682
  • American Crow314
  • Great Spangled Fritillary295
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee201
  • Pipevine Swallowtail198
Where it sits

Where Cades Cove sits

Range
Appalachian Mountains40Blue Ridge Mountains15Great Smoky Mountains4
Region
Tennessee15United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park6
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Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia