Starkeytown is a two mile stretch of mountain road in the middle of the woods with a handful of local residents and three beautiful vacation rentals. Let us help you find the perfect small family or honeymoon vacation stay off the beaten path (maybe even get married while you’re here, too!) While only 15 to 20 minutes from the main parkway in Pigeon Forge, Starkeytown (at least for the moment) remains one of the last secluded areas in our ever-growing…
Only a couple of weeks until 4th of July and the Pigeon Forge Patriot Festival comes back around for another awesome day-long celebration of Summer fun and American freedom! Here’s what the city of Pigeon Forge has to say on the event for 2024: “Joe Nichols Headlines Patriot Festival 2024! Proudly presented by the City of Pigeon Forge, Patriot Festival returns once again in 2024. This year’s Patriot Festival will be headlined by Joe Nichols, three-time Grammy-nominated country music star.…
From their website: “If you are looking for a quiet, quaint Smoky Mountain getaway close to all the wonderful attractions our area has to offer, Foothills RV Park & Cabins is the place for you! We offer RV sites as well as a variety of small cabins in our park. We are minutes away from Dollywood, Gatlinburg, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and less than an hour away from almost everything you want to see in the Smoky Mountains.…
Our staff at “Great Smoky Vacations” pride ourselves on the personal touch. Our Goal is to give each of our guests the best Smoky Mountain Getaway possible. We provide our guests with all of the information they need for their mountain getaway and supply our Sevierville cabins with everything we can think of that will help our guests have a memorable Smoky Mountain Vacation. We have highly qualified caring cleaners and a great thorough maintenance staff so our Smoky Mountain…
From their website: “Restorative Massage Of The Smokies has a massage for everyone. No matter what your preference or therapy needs, our services will be able to meet and exceed your expectations. We offer Swedish massages for the people who want to relax and a Therapeutic massage for those who are having a specific issue alongside Hot Stone massage, Aromatherapy massage, Headache massage and Couples massage. Sessions include 15-30 minute segments and other massage types include 60-90 minute segments. Swedish…
From their website: “Reliable and Trustworthy Cleaning Service We are a family owned and operated vacation rental cleaning and maintenance business that provides for clients in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville Smoky Mountain areas. We offer contract cleaning for owner-managed overnight rentals.This includes cabins, condos, hotel rooms, VRBO and AirBNB properties and any other type that provides vacation tenant services to visitors. We offer routine cleaning services, one-time cleans, deep cleans, maintenance, minor repairs, emergency cleaning services and more.…
The Sevier County Electric System’s “Tennessee Connections” magazine for Spring 2024 posted this article on Tuckaleechee Caverns that we thought was worth sharing here. Tuckaleechee Caverns is an underground natural cavern attraction near Townsend, TN, that has been in operation for many decades and we are proud to feature both the Sevier County Electric System and Tuckeleechee Caverns at once. Their article is as follows: SCES Celebrates 85 Years And Its Oldest Customers As Sevier County Electric System celebrates its…
Brochures for vacation ideas like Parrot Mountain in Pigeon Forge are everywhere. Every rest stop, gas station, restaurant, grocery store and information desk in the county stocks some awesome information and visual demonstrations of a variety of attractions in town that don’t always get the spotlight when talking about fun things to do with the family in our area. Parrot Mountain is one such attraction and this blog post intends to introduce more visitors to the sanctuary, as well as…
These are snapshots of special events going on during the Spring season in East Tennessee within a reasonable driving distance of the Smokies from Tennessee Home & Farm Spring 2024 and Tennessee Connections Spring 2024 magazines. Links for these events, as written down, can be found at: http://visitknoxville.com/events http://visitmorristowntn.com http://etsumartincenter.org http://pigeonforgerodruns.com http://dogwoodarts.com/chalkwalk
This is a new thing we want to try on our blog network. We receive several publications from regional magazines every season and, more now than ever, they contain some articles and info that we feel may be interesting and useful towards bringing attention to the arts and culture of the Smoky Mountains. In this article, we found an article and some artwork on downtown murals that have been adding new life to Springfield, Oak Ridge and Athens. From Tennessee…
Is the Dollywood opening day already here? Yes, sir. One of the shortest off-seasons in recent Dollywood memory, staying on until days after New Years 2024 and opening again in early March means Dollywood’s winter preparation season was a mere 2 months this time around and they will be opening again for the 2024 operating calendar on Saturday, March 9th. Here’s what the Pigeon Forge TN guide has to say on it: Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN has grown to…
Is it time to start celebrating the Emerald Isles’ influence on the Smoky Mountains? Almost! Sevier County rings in the return of the green in the nature surrounding us with events honoring the Celtic heritage that is a large piece of our cultural foundation starting as early as 2 weeks before St. Patrick’s Day. Take a look at these items and see if they get your Lucky Charms lit up for a March visit to the Smokies: * Irish Month…
That interesting time of the year between the end of the long cold season in the Smokies and the return of nature and warm weather where we celebrate the cowboy lifestyle of yesteryear is upon us yet again. West comes East and merges with old-school Appalachia for the perennial favorite Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff weekend. Here is Mypigeonforge.com‘s event information on it for 2024: “Pigeon Forge invites Western lifestyle enthusiasts, foodies and those in search of a hearty meal…