My buddies wife is a Cable. Those were her family that settled their in Cades cove way back in the days. That place is cool place to visit. Got to see a black bear when visiting Cades Cove. Cool video!!!

This is also where one the youngest people who ever disappeared forever Dennis Martin back in 1969,in Spence field.

Been down Parsons Branch Road multiple times. Be careful and don’t stop. The feral people are waiting and watching. Stop and get out of your car? You may not find your way back. The feral people will rob you, rob the things in your car. They don’t have much. They’re not mean or violent; however, if you put up a fight, they will take care of business. They have nothing to lose. They don’t talk and they move silently through the woods stealing things like clothes, food and equipment from hikers and loners stopping on Parsons Branch Road. Keep your eyes pealed all you want. You won’t see them nor evidence of them. Be careful and don’t stop…from an old war veteran, retired in the foothills of the Smokies.

Imo, being a local that travels both these roads regularly when open, I find Rich Mtn road to be more exciting. You get a high view of both the Cades Cove valley and of Townsend and on that side. At that viewpoint just two weeks ago, saw a bear climb a tree not 15feet from the road view pull off. Saw him go up, see me, than come back down and scampers off. Was amazing with the foliage. Your less likely to see a bear in Parsons Branch than in Rich Mtn as Rich Mtn has a high pass which the bear regularily travel across. Also the elevation change is amazing on Rich Mtn road. It's an easier drive as well compared to the deep mudded pot holes of Parson's Branch road. Both are awesome and just depends on what kind of drive you want to go on. Parson's has what I call the mud hill. This portion of Branch road has claimed many drivers that get stuck in it and fail to make the top of the hill. It's in the first 2 miles of the Parson's Branch road and is roughly a few hundred feet but goes up about 20 feet and a farily steep incline. If it's showed in the park, expect this a tough hill to climb in a 12 to 14 inch clearance and darn near impossible in most any lower clearance car. If you make it past this, your good, unless the water crossings are raging. Rich Mtn is closed in Winter as well, and a much more dangerous road if we are talking about Winter weather than Parson's Branch. No guardrails and high drop offs. Harken to the days of snowy travel across Happy Valley mountain road back in the 70's with and no snow plows, no guard rails back than. For me, the Spookiest road might be for me, Waldon's Creek Rd from Pigeon Forge to Wallend just before you turn onto Lamar Alexander Pkwy near Heritage HS. There more deaths have occurred on this road and it's very isolated but with more residents, narrow two lane road and hair pin curves.

I rode frieght trains from 2006-2010. Got dumped in Middlesburogh in 2009 and ended up hitchhiking thru the tunnel. At the time I had no idea about the gap. It was a wonderful experience. I live in Colorado and the Esenhower tunnel has Hazmat escorts, and all of the tunnels I went thru in Washington State has them. In fact Ive been thru all of the tunnels you are talking about, multiple times and YES, they all have hazmat escorts... So you prolly were paying attention to the scenery, and not the hazmat signs. Its pretty obvious why they have those escorts, but, if you seriously can't or dont understand. Then find yourself a long haul trucker with a hazmat endorsment and have them explain it to you.

Big Foot lives on this road

Definitely on my list! Love Maine ❤️🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I know Of Parsons branch Road as I am a local from Maryville but if I wasn’t from Maryville, I probably wouldn’t know

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Iam 63 now and loved Opryland Audtioned two time in Louisville and the at the park, Never got it I was only 16-17 but went on to cruise ships theme parks and worked

I live in Maryville (Muraville) I have been through cades cove several times but still haven't done Parson's Branch road. Is it passable by motorcycle?

I have been to Cade's Cove twice and no, I did not know what Parsons Branch Rd.

The reason it's spooky is because we are used to people everywhere. Actually it's a very pretty road.

Opry mills is trash.

If anyone wants to get an ideal just how big that country is go over on 66 redbird river leslie county , like i said some of those places have never had ....well early human foot track 👣, ive hunted a lot of those hollers and ypu better be familiar if you dont wanna end up lost for days , weeks or even months ....

Its very safe , most all my family was born and raised in clay county but for the most part everyone is nice people.....

Thank you! Interesting that it's right at MM 420 too! Great video. Perhaps it's too close to the Devils Courthouse to be fertile...

I've never heard of parsons creek road

Traveled this mountain road many times. Several in pickup and several in 4W drive Jeep. Wonderful road, beautiful, not spooky at all. I wonder about these people who write these articles.

Yes - makes me want to… look at camping pics in a magazine! Agree Oz is great! ❤

I am originally from East Tennessee, went to Scott County High School. Never have heard of Parson's Creek Road - - we will have to try it out the next time we are there. Loved the video.,

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South Central PA calls it App-a-LAY-shuns

Was there yesterday?

Does anyone person really know 100 present ,,,, thank about this answer,,,,, I thank god only knows 100 percent,,,, what do you thank ,,,, and for the non believers there isn’t not one person in hell that is a non believer,,,, this is 100 percent !!!!

Great video!

Outstanding/Beautiful! Thank you for the video!

Beautiful.

Some people say, "App-a-lay-tion". That really grinds on my nerves.

This video just pop up click on it thinking it was a new one but it was fun watching it again by the way when you say this is y people wear kilts I realize who was in the video clip lol😂😂

Six years to fell some dead trees. Our tax dollars just stolen from our pockets.

Breathtakingly beautiful!! ❤

Now we can see why so many towns & villages were just wiped off the map during Helene!! Imagine the runoff!!!

I love this area and hike it and the nearby trails every June during the rhododendron season. You should check out the trails out of Big East Fork off highway 276 just east of Shining Rock. They take you to Shining Rock and they are absolutely BRUTAL with serious continous elevation gain.

Massanutten? It sure looks like a mass o' something to me.

I'm sure you've been told by now, but (just in case not,) those 'flamingos' you were filming were pelicans.

This is me in my car!

This was an amusing and informative video, despite the debatability of the facts included. Thank you for doing your due diligence and providing this excellent video. I look forward to strolling through your channel and watching more!

Appal A shun. That's how I say it. I'm in Ohio.

Yes a great place and so accurate to say be prepared for extream crowds. That part is frustrating. We hope to go back, we had 8 days planned and were forced out last sept with a hurricane. Ended up spending longer in the white Mountains NH which turned out to be an awesome thing. Beautiful less crowded area.

I’m 70 years old and don’t care how you pronounce it, just want to live there!

I pronounce it appa-latch-an because appa-lay-shun is something else entirely: the word 'appellation', which means name or title. And also, appa-latch-an sounds more like a Native American pronunciation to me.

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Been there twice in the 80's. Absolutely wonderful place to visit. Cadillac Mt is the first to receive sunlight in America.

HELL-VEET-A IS HOW WE PRONOUNCE IT ❤

It is on my list!!! Thank you for reminding me. The scenery is beautiful, and the video is informative. Thank you. I am already a subscriber and waiting for more 😊

I'm. From Wisconsin.

The Last time my dad and I both visited the Grand Opry Nashville Tennessee back in June of 1988. Before the 4 Of July. We visited the Opry land Park. They had lots of rides.

Beautiful. Nice and Quiet . Looks like it would be a good horse hike😃👍Not Spooky Mmmmmm I’ll be headed that way this coming summer God Willing💓

It’s Paramont!