John Oliver Cabin
the park’s oldest log cabin (~1820s), built without nails
John Oliver Cabin is one of the places Roamward flags on the Cades Cove Loop because it gives the drive its texture: the park’s oldest log cabin (~1820s), built without nails. Use it as a planned pull-over instead of letting the route become a blur between towns.
How it fits the drive
The Cades Cove Loop runs Cades Cove loop, Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN. Bears, meadows, and pioneer cabins in the Smokies.
Nearby route stops
- Primitive Baptist Church — a white-frame church from a congregation founded in 1827 (Cades Cove Loop)
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