Kids will love looking for wildlife hidden among the grasses, trees, and lakes. This popular park offers a variety of opportunities for families to learn about local history. Kids will love the hayrides in Cades Cove and watching millers at work. The park also hosts special slide shows, guided walks, and Southern Appalachian storytelling during the summer. Visit the Dinosaur Quarry to see bones and dinosaur replicas.
Kids can even watch people working on fossils in the paleontology laboratory.
Other park activities include guided walks and campground talks. Special summertime activities include ranger-guided canoe tours and surfcasting demonstrations. This is the longest recorded cave system in the world, with more than 360 miles explored and mapped. Other park programs encourage families to put on hard hats and discovering caving together. Families can take a ranger-led tour of the former residences and buildings dating back to 1860.