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Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 6,343.Situated just 5 miles (8 km) north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination that caters primarily to Southern culture and country music fans.
Theme parks Dollywood and Dollywood's Splash Country—both named for Dolly Parton—are located in nearby Pigeon Forge. Museums include the Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers. Gatlinburg has numbered intersections in the core of the town. The numbers hang from traffic lights or signs and are written on official tourist maps.
The West Fork is the best known, as it flows through the popular tourist areas of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. The maximum elevation differential in Sevier County is the greatest in Tennessee, ranging from a high of 6,643 feet (2,025 m) at Kuwohi to a low of 850 feet (260 m) at the French Broad River. [10]
It's Dollywood's Harvest Festival and a great time to go to Anakeesta. Take a look at what's open and what travel looks like in the Smokies.
[9] [10] A number of tourist attractions were established in Gatlinburg during this time, and the parkway through the city began to suffer from severe congestion. [3] At the time, the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway was in the process of being widened to four lanes between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, and a number of other road improvements were ...
Entering Pigeon Forge, the NPS corridor ends and the route widens to six lanes. A short distance later is an intersection with SR 449, which serves as an alternative route to the parkway between Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. A short distance beyond this point, US 321 splits off to the east, heading towards Maryville.
Now a recreational area located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Greenbrier was once home to several Appalachian communities. Greenbrier is situated along the Middle Fork of the Little Pigeon River , stretching from Porters Flat in the south to Emert's Cove in the north, at the present park boundary.
The Little Pigeon River is a river located entirely within Sevier County, Tennessee. It rises from a series of streams which flow together on the dividing ridge between the states of Tennessee and North Carolina , with most of the flow from inside the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park .