The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to 'Adopt-a-Cabin' in Cades Cove. Anyone can sign up to 'adopt' one of the four historic cabins — Elijah Oliver Homestead ...

Cozy up this late summer in a Tennessee mountain cabin, with peaceful town stays, luxe spas, riverside thrills, and ...

From cabins and churches to a scenic waterfall and working grist mill, there’s plenty to see on the loop around Cades Cove ...

The cabins in Cades Cove offer a look back in time for visitors, however, they need some love to make sure they can stay around for years to come.

What is the Cades Cove Loop? The Cades Cove Loop is an 11-mile, one-way drive that brings visitors are around the lowlands of Cades Cove and near several historic cabins, churches and cemeteries.

The John Oliver cabin, built in the early 1820s, is the oldest log home in Cades Cove. It looks very much like the cabin where my dad was born and raised in Middle Tennessee.

John Oliver, who was the third great-grandson of Cades Cove pioneers and founders John and Laquita Oliver, created cabins and led hikes into the Smokey Mountains.

The cabins in Cades Cove offer a look back in time for visitors, however, they need some love to make sure they can stay around for years to come.

GSMNP: 'Adopt-a-Cabin' volunteers needed to clean Cades Cove cabins You can sign up to adopt one of four cabins: Elijah Oliver Homestead, Whitehead Cabin, Dan Lawson Place and Tipton Place.