The beautiful lights and all of the festivities make the Smokies the perfect place for you and your family to celebrate Christmas and New Years. This is also a great time to visit Cades Cove and watch the whitetail deer. It's not unusual to see two or three hundred deer in the late afternoon as they forage for food in the meadows. This is the best time and place to take some great pictures of some huge bucks. The following table gives an overview of what to expect.
Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit, precipitation and snow are in inches.
All data are long running monthly averages for Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Month High Low Precip.