If you want an experience like no other in Cades Cove, take the right up the one way gravel road just before you start to get on the loop. It is about 10 miles of a winding gravel road that works it's way up Rich Mtn. It comes out of the park just outside of Townsend near the Davey Crockett Riding Stables (not promoting these stables at all!) It's an experience I will never forget, thought for sure I would see a bear, but...NO.The TN foothills is one of my favorite areas to travel. I especially love Cades Cove and Roan Mtn State Park,