Cades Cove - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

back to Hiking	Hiking Cooper Road Trail
	The next officially maintained trail by the park service is about 4 miles from the entrance to the loop road and is called Cooper Road Trail. Once again you are not likely to encounter more than a handful of hikers on this old wagon road which the residents once used as an easy way out of Cades Cove. It almost entirely flat, and goes all     the way to the edge of the park. For a day hike you can go as far as you have time for and turn around and come back. For most people this would mean hiking to the Beard Cane trail. This would be about a 10 mile round trip, but with almost no elevation gain. It would only take about 5 hours, giving you enough time to do a little more sight seeing after you get back.
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