Pigeon Forge

How to Get There

Overview

Situated 5 miles (8 km) north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination that caters to Southern culture and country music fans. The city's attractions include Dollywood and Dollywood's Splash Country as well as numerous gift shops, outlet malls, amusement rides, and musical theaters.

Things to Do

Visit Dollywood

Dollywood is Pigeon Forge's signature attraction, featuring world-class roller coasters, live entertainment, traditional crafts, seasonal festivals, family rides, and Appalachian culture.

Explore The Island in Pigeon Forge

One of the city's most popular entertainment districts, The Island features restaurants, specialty shops, rides, attractions, dancing fountains, and the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel.

Visit the TITANIC Museum Attraction

Step inside a half-scale replica of the RMS Titanic and explore interactive exhibits, authentic artifacts, and passenger stories connected to the historic voyage.

Experience Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Located at the gateway to the Smokies, Pigeon Forge provides easy access to scenic drives, waterfalls, mountain overlooks, wildlife viewing areas, and outdoor adventures within the national park.

Ride a Mountain Coaster

Pigeon Forge is home to several mountain coasters that allow riders to control their speed while descending winding tracks through forested mountain terrain.

Discover WonderWorks

Recognizable by its upside-down building, WonderWorks offers interactive science exhibits, ropes courses, laser tag, simulators, and hands-on educational experiences.

Enjoy a Dinner Show

The city is famous for dinner theaters featuring music, comedy, acrobatics, horses, and family-friendly performances paired with meals.

Explore the Historic Old Mill District

One of Pigeon Forge's most iconic destinations, The Old Mill area features a historic gristmill, local shops, restaurants, and riverside scenery that reflect the town's heritage.

Go Shopping

Visitors can enjoy outlet malls, craft stores, specialty retailers, souvenir shops, and locally owned businesses throughout the city.

Enjoy Family Attractions

Pigeon Forge offers numerous family-friendly attractions including miniature golf courses, go-kart tracks, adventure parks, arcades, and interactive museums.

Pigeon Forge Mill: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, this working gristmill, also known as Old Mill, is on the West Fork of the Little Pigeon River (along its east bank), and is accessible via Old Mill Drive (which intersects the Parkway at Light #7). The site includes a millhouse, milldam, and breastshot wheel.

Geography

The West Fork of the Little Pigeon River flows north from its source high on the slopes of Mount Collins through Sevier County before linking up with the Middle Fork in Sevierville. Pigeon Forge occupies a narrow valley along this river between Sevierville and Gatlinburg. High ridges surround Pigeon Forge on three sides, with Pine Mountain to the west, Shields Mountain to the east, and Cove Mountain to the south. A bend in the Little Pigeon provides the city's northern border with Sevierville, and a narrow gorge cut by the river between Cove Mountain and Shields Mountain acts as the city's boundary with Gatlinburg.

U.S. Route 441, known as "The Parkway", runs through the middle of Pigeon Forge en route to Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where it crests at Newfound Gap before descending to Cherokee, North Carolina. The six-lane strip along US-441 contains most of Pigeon Forge's tourist attractions. U.S. Route 321 (known as Wears Valley Road in Pigeon Forge) connects the town with Wears Valley and Townsend to the west. Teaster Lane runs along the eastern side of the city and serves as a local four-lane road bypassing some of the Parkway and is relatively undeveloped, except a few shopping centers. TN-449 serves as a bypass for both Sevierville and most of Pigeon Forge and directly connects with Dollywood.

Attractions

• Paula Deen's Lumberjack Feud Show & Adventure Park
• Buttonwillow Civil War Theater
• TopJump Trampoline & Extreme Arena
• Crave Golf Club
• Titanic Museum
• Cooter's Place
• Alcatraz East Crime Museum
Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame
• Country Tonite Theatre
• Paula Deen's Lumberjack Feud
• Comedy Barn Theater
• WonderWorks Children's Museum
• Smoky Mountain Opry
• Elvis & Hollywood Legends Museum
• Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Feud
• The Tomb Escape Adventure
• Biblical Times Dinner Theater
• Red Skelton Tribute Theater
• Flyaway Indoor Skydiving
• NASCAR Speedpark
• Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster
• Jurassic Jungle Boat Ride
• Hollywood Wax Museum Pigeon Forge
• The Island in Pigeon Forge (featuring the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel)
• Tribute to Frank Sinatra & The Rat Pack
• The Island Show Fountains
American Oldies Theater
• Grand Majestic Dinner Theater
• Great Smoky Mountain Murder Mystery
• Ripken Experience
• Seasonal events such as Winterfest

Car and truck shows

Pigeon Forge has various entertainment opportunities for car and truck enthusiasts. The calendar of car and truck show events varies each year.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pigeon Forge, Tennessee", and "Cummins Falls", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 Sources: Official Pigeon Forge tourism resources, attraction listings, visitor guides, events information, and destination planning materials. [1](https://backyardknoxville.com/things-to-do-in-big-south-fork/)[2](https://backyardknoxville.com/12-favorite-big-south-fork-hiking-trails/) Additional attraction and visitor information verified through Pigeon Forge Chamber resources and regional tourism guides. [3](https://thetouristchecklist.com/big-south-fork/)[4](https://thenatureseeker.com/10-best-things-to-do-in-big-south-fork-tennessee/)[5](https://www.nps.gov/biso/planyourvisit/brochures.htm)