 Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, just south of Pigeon Forge and it borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is a popular vacation resort 10.41 square miles in area.
It is surrounded on all sides by high ridges, with the Le Conte and Sugarland Mountain massifs rising to the south, Cove Mountain to the west, Big Ridge to the northeast, and Grapeyard Ridge to the east. The main watershed is the West Fork of the Little Pigeon River, which flows from its source on the slopes of Mount Collins to its junction with the Little Pigeon at Sevierville.
U.S. Route 441 is the main traffic artery in Gatlinburg, running through the center of town from north to south. Farther along 441, Pigeon Forge is approximately 6 miles to the north, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park is 2 miles. The Gatlinburg Trolley, a privately funded public transit system, caters to area tourists. 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.
Ober Gatlinburg is the only ski resort in the state. It has eight ski trails, three chair lifts, and a wildlife encounter area and is accessible via roads and a gondola from the city strip. |
Below: Flashback to May 1978- a family vacation to Gatlinburg. The two RV Gypsies are not sure of exactly where in Gatlinburg some of these photos were taken because Karen Duquette was not yet that into photography. Plus they did NOT have a website then, so photos were just put in a box and almost forgotten.
