Wear Valley rd Closed

Beginning today, March 15th, the GSMNP will begin a three Week Closure of the Wears Valley Entrance to the park which brings you into the Metcalf Bottoms area.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that Park’s Wears Cove Entrance will be closed from Thursday morning, March 15 through Thursday, April 5, while the deck of the bridge and utility lines across the Little River is replaced.
The Wears Cove Road carries traffic from Wears Cove via Lyon Springs Road to the Park’s Little River Road at the Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area. At this time of year the road is primarily used by local commuters as a short cut between U.S. 321 in Wears Valley and Gatlinburg.
During the closure period there will be no access to Little Greenbrier School. The Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area will open on April 1 as scheduled. The North loop and picnic pavilion will open on April 6.