Pigeon Forge Attractions

Shopping Outlets

Pigeon Forge has been named a favorite shopping spot thanks to the variety of specialty stores and outlets of all your favorite brands! Located in nearby Sevierville, you'll find Tanger, offering brands such as Adidas, Coach, Simply Southern, Nike, Kate Spade, Birkenstock, Columbia, Disney, Carter, Eddie Bauer, Fossil, Levi's, Lululemon, and more!

Dollywood

Dollywood features a unique variety of live music and shows, local artisans, Southern food, attractions, rides, and roller coasters. Learn more about Dolly Parton’s life at the Dolly Parton Experience, and don’t forget to try their world-famous cinnamon bread!

Arts & Crafts Community

The Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community in nearby Gatlinburg, which comprises the largest group of independent artisans in the country, is an 8-mile loop of shops, studios, workshops, and galleries. It’s like a visit to an era gone by where skills developed by early settlers over 200 years ago are demonstrated by these talented artists. Visitors can choose from an array of fine, handcrafted gift items made right here in the Smokies.

Cades Cove

Cades Cove is the most visited area of the national park – and for good reason. This fertile mountain valley is surrounded by mountains. An 11-mile one-way loop road winds around the valley, with stops at preserved historic structures. A visitor’s center with pioneer exhibits, multiple hiking trails, abundant wildlife, picnic areas, bike rentals, and facilities for horseback riding make Cades Cove an ideal sampler of all the Smoky Mountains have to offer.

Cataloochee

Cataloochee is on the North Carolina side of the Smokies with its fair share of stunning vistas and things to do. Well off the beaten path, this peaceful valley offers historic structures, hiking opportunities, and more. It doesn’t offer quite as much as Cades Cove, so it’s not as crowded – but that’s the attraction for many people. If you're interested in a day trip from our cabins, this is a great place to go!

Smoky Mountain Hikes

Over 150 hiking trails crisscross over 800 miles of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Many lead to waterfalls, others through old-growth forests or to mountaintop overlooks. Ideal for any season, these hikes get you out of your vehicle to view wildflowers in fall foliage in the autumn, and mountain vistas all year round.

Newfound Gap Road

The only road that completely traverses the park, Newfound Gap Road runs 33 miles between Cherokee NC and Gatlinburg TN. This road has so much to offer in the way of hikes, mountain views, and historic structures, that you can easily devote an entire day to the Newfound Gap Road experience!

Mt. LeConte

One of the Smoky Mountain’s finest features, from afar or up close, is Mt. LeConte. This peak can be reached via several great hiking trails, one of the most popular being the Alum Cave Trail. Mt. LeConte also boasts the only lodging within the national park — Mt. LeConte Lodge. Accessible only by trail and available only by reservation (one year in advance), visiting the Lodge is well worth the effort, even if you don’t stay overnight.

Appalachian Trail

For 69 miles, the Appalachian Trail crosses the crest of the Great Smoky Mountains, serving as a border between Tennessee and North Carolina. The AT is also a backbone to which several other major hiking trails connect. A great way to enjoy less challenging lengths of this iconic trail is to park at the Newfound Gap parking area (where you can also visit the memorial where Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the national park), and then hike modest portions both north and south on the AT – we recommend the north portion specifically because of Charlies Bunion, an incredible overlook with spectacular views to the surrounding peaks and valleys below.

Top Pigeon Forge Attractions

Dolly Parton’s Stampede – Enjoy a delicious traditional Southern feast and be dazzled by a high-spirited adventure. Be sure to get there early to enjoy the Horse Walk and the pre-show in the Saloon!

The Comedy Barn – Laugh until you can’t laugh anymore at America’s funniest family-friendly show! The show features comedians, ventriloquists, and jugglers, as well as live music, dancing, and even real animals.

Titanic Museum Attraction – An exact replica of the infamous ship, this museum is the world’s largest permanent Titanic attraction, located right on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. You can’t miss it!

Top Gatlinburg Attractions

Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies – Explore 3 levels of immersive exhibits, play with penguins, watch the aquatic life via the tunnel under Shark Lagoon, take a glass-bottom boat ride, touch the back of a stingray, and learn all about the vast ocean and the animals that inhabit it.

Ober Mountain – Take the Aerial Tramway to the top, where a ski resort and all kinds of outdoor activities await! You’ll also find shops and a restaurant, a wildlife habitat, summer tubing, mountain biking, and a mountain coaster ride.

Anakeesta – This mountaintop adventure park has several shops and restaurants, 2 mountain coasters, a canopy tree walk, dueling zip lines, botanical gardens, a massive observation tower, and so much more!