Free Live Music Entertainment - Elks Plaza, between traffic lights 8 & 9 in Gatlinburg
Sugarlands Visitor Center - free movie, information on the park, and animal displays
Visit the Tennessee Heritage Arts & Crafts Trail - 8 mile loop, watch artists and craftsmen at work
Sevierville Courthouse - built in 1896
Tour the Rocky Top Wine Trail. The wine trail consists of 5 wineries all within 12 miles:
- Hillside Winery
- Apple Barn Winery
- Mountain Valley Winery
- Sugarland Cellars
- and Eagle Springs Winery.
Historic Buildings:
- Cades Cove - 11 mile loop with historic buildings, grist mill and more.
- Cataloochee
- Oconaluftee
- Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Visit 4 area Grist Mills:
- John P. Cable Grist Mill in Cades Cove
- Mingus Mill
- Ogle Mill
- Reagan Mill
Hiking Trails:
Chimney Tops - 4 miles; 1,335' climb; strenuous; winds through a virgin forest to the Chimney Top pinnacles
Abrams Falls - 5 miles; 340' climb; moderate; a relatively flat trail leading to the 20' falls
Arch Rock - 2.5 miles; 400' climb; easy; trail leads to an erosion-created tunnel
Hen Wallow Falls - 4 miles; 520' climb; moderate; good short-day hike to 95' falls
Sugarlands Valley Nature Trail - 3,000' loop paved trail with educational exhibits and communications media
Alum Cave Bluffs - 5 miles; passes through a bald of mountain laurel and rhododendrons
Cades Cove - .5 miles; see how settlers used native plants
Cove Hardwoods - .75 miles; grove of old-growth deciduous trees
Laurel Falls - 2.5 miles; paved trail leads through a pine-oak forest to the falls
Cosby - 1 mile; introduction to the Great Smoky Mountains' natural history
Picture Opportunities:
Sevier County Courthouse - Statue of Dolly Parton
Pigeon Forge Visitors Center - Old Steam Engine
Smoky Mountains National Park Sign - as you enter the park
More Free to See:
- Rockefeller Memorial - located at Newfoundland Gap
- Evening on the Mountain Farm Museum - Oconaluftee
- Cataract Falls Walk - Sugarlands Visitor Center
- The Trentham Family Cemetery
What's Nearby:
- White Water Rafting
- Smoky Mountain Train Ride
- Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
- Synchronous Fireflies
- Smoky Mountain Field School
- Smoky Mountain Ziplines
