Open From March 15 through the Sunday following Thanksgiving 9:00-5:00 Directions Inside the park near the mid-point of the 11-mile, one-way Cades Cove Loop ...

A half-mile north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center is Mingus Mill. Built in 1886, this historic grist mill uses a water-powered turbine instead of a water wheel to power all of the machinery in the building. Located at its original site, Mingus Mill stands as a tribute to the ...

Open From March 15 through the Sunday following Thanksgiving 9:00-5:00 Directions Inside the park, 2 miles north of Cherokee, NC, on US ...

The Mountain Farm Museum is a unique collection of farm buildings assembled from locations throughout the park. Visitors can explore a log farmhouse, barn, apple house, springhouse, and a working blacksmith shop to get a sense of how families may have lived 100 years ago. Most of the structures ...