Activities
Here we have listed some overview information regarding activities, entertainment, dining, and shopping in the Gatlinburg area. Be sure to find an official “Gatlinburg Vacation Guide” for more detailed information. Most retail stores, restaurants, and information kiosks will have them, OR you can visit Gatlinburg’s website and download the Vacation Guide as a pdf file.
Most of the items listed below have a link embedded, so if you are interested in visiting their website for more information, just click on the link.
GENERAL
- Great Smoky Mountain National Park just minutes away
- Great Smoky Mountains Trail Map
- Downtown Gatlinburg – many places to shop and be entertained
- Pigeon Forge – many activities to enjoy along the strip
- Cades Cove – experience pure nature
- Clingman’s Dome – highest point in the Smokies
- Blue Ridge Parkway – a beautiful scenic drive
- Wears Valley – Cove Mountain and more interesting places to explore
- Townsend – the quiet side of the mountains
- Biltmore Estate – 1 Lodge Street, Asheville, NC (90 minute drive)
- Hiking
- Shopping
- Fishing
- Horseback riding
- Ziplines
- Golfing
ENTERTAINMENT
- Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, 88 River Road
- Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort, 1330 Ski Mountain Road
- Ober Gatlinburg Amusement Park, 1001 Parkway
- Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway, 1001 Parkway
- Dollywood, 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd, Pigeon Forge
- Dixie Stampede, 3849 Parkway, Pigeon Forge
- Rafting in the Smokies, 813 East Parkway
- Smoky Mountain Outdoors (rafting), 453 Brookside Village Way (Reservations)
- Wildwater (rafting), 1004 Parkway Suite 401
- River Rage Tubing, 8307 State Highway 73, Townsend
- River Rat Tubing, 205 Wears Valley Road, Townsend
- Smoky Mountain Stables, 1720 East Parkway
- Sugarlands Riding Stables, Highway 441
- Gatlinburg Ziplines, 322 Historic Nature Trail
- Gatlinburg Space Needle, 115 Historic Nature Trail
- Forbidden Caverns, 455 Blowing Cave Road, Sevierville
- Parrot Mountain, 1471 McCarter Hollow Road, Pigeon Forge
DINING
- Bennett’s BBQ, 714 River Road
- Alamo Steak House, 705 East Parkway
- The Cabin Cafe, 600 Glades Road, Suite 10
- Wild Plum Tea Room, 555 Buckhorn Road
- Hard Rock Cafe, 515 Parkway
- Log Cabin Pancake House, 327 Historic Nature Trail
- Ober Gatlinburg Restaurant & Lounge, 1001 Parkway (take the tram)
- Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, 900 Parkway
- Johnny Rockets, 735 Parkway Suite 2
- Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant & Grill, 220 Apple Valley Road, Sevierville
SHOPPING
- The Maples’ Tree, 639 Parkway
- Baskin’s Square Mall, 631 Parkway
- Marketplace, 651 Parkway
- The Village, 634 Parkway
- Arts & Crafts Loop – outside of Gatlinburg on 321 (8 miles of artists and shops) –
- Townsend Artisan Gallery, 7277 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend
- Alewine Pottery, 623 Glades Road
- Hills Creek Gallery & Glass Studio, 84
- Bears Valley Antiques, 3360 Wears Valley Rd. #1, Sevierville
- Great Smokies Flea Market, Exit 407 off Interstate 40
- Memory Lane Antique Mall, 1838 Winfield Dunn Parkway, Sevierville
- Morton’s Antiques and Coins, 409 Parkway
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