About Gregg-Cable House
The Cable Mill area of Cades Cove collects more buildings in one place than any other stop on the loop, and the Gregg-Cable House is one of them. The name combines two families who lived in the cove and shaped its later history.
The house in the Cable Mill area
The house stands near the mill, the visitor center and the Becky Cable House, within a few minutes' walk of the parking lots. People sometimes confuse it with the Becky Cable House, which is a frame dwelling a short distance away. Both belong to the era when the cove's families built from sawn lumber and ran stores and mills, a step up from the log cabins of the early settlers. The park's tour booklet explains how each building fits, and the staff at the Cades Cove Visitor Center can point you to it.
Visiting
- Where: the Cable Mill historic area, about halfway round the 11-mile one-way loop.
- Access: the house can be viewed from outside, and sometimes entered in daylight; read the signs.
- Time to allow: 15 minutes, as part of a 45- to 90-minute visit to the Cable Mill area.
- Hours: Cable Mill and the visitor center are open daily from March 15 to November 29, 2026, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The loop is open sunrise to sunset.
- Parking: a parking tag is required for stops over 15 minutes.
- Facilities: restrooms at the visitor center.
Context
For the strongest contrast, visit the John Oliver Cabin at the start of the loop first, and then this house. The jump from a one-room log cabin to a multi-room house with a porch covers roughly sixty years of cove history. The loop is closed to cars on Wednesdays from May 6 to September 30, 2026, which is the best day to walk or ride a bike between the stops.
If you only have time for one building at Cable Mill, choose the mill itself; this house rewards the extra five minutes if you have them.
Good to know
- Do I need a parking tag?
- A Park It Forward parking tag ($5 a day, $15 a week or $40 a year) is required for any vehicle parked more than 15 minutes inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Entry is free, and federal passes such as America the Beautiful do not replace the tag.
