Hotels in Pigeon Forge

The Parkway and its lights

Almost everything in Pigeon Forge sits along the Parkway, US-441, a stretch of about five miles from the Sevierville line south toward Gatlinburg. Every traffic light on that road is numbered, and locals give directions by the light, not by the street. Light 2 is where Teaster Lane meets the north Parkway. Light 2A, on the west side, is where you find The Inn at Christmas Place. The Island is directly off the Parkway between lights 3 and 4, at Island Drive. Light 5 is Jake Thomas Road, which connects the Parkway to Veterans Boulevard and is the turn for the LeConte Event Center and the roads toward Dollywood. Light 7 is the turn for the Old Mill, Patriot Park, and the city's trolley station. Light 3, heading west, is Wears Valley Road.

Traffic builds through the day and is heaviest from late afternoon into early evening, when check-in and dinner overlap. Mornings before 10 a.m. are the easiest window, and the road eases again after 9 p.m. Midweek is usually quieter than Friday and Saturday. Two roads run beside the Parkway and let you skip some of the lights: Teaster Lane on the east side, and Veterans Boulevard, which also links across to US-411 in Sevierville. The city's Fun Time Trolley (Pigeon Forge Mass Transit) runs from Patriot Park, at light 7, along the north and south Parkway, to Dollywood, along Wears Valley Road, and to the Gatlinburg Welcome Center. Fares and hours are on the city's own pages.

The Island

The Island is at 131 The Island Drive, between lights 3 and 4. It sits on the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River, with a paved riverwalk and the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel, a 200-foot observation wheel. Parking in the marked lots is free. The main lot, between The Island and the LeConte Event Center, has a complimentary tram to the entrance, run by the city. Margaritaville Island Hotel is on the property, next to the riverwalk and the wheel. From Drury Plaza, on Jake Thomas Road, The Island is about a mile. From The Inn at Christmas Place it is also about a mile. For shops and hours, use The Island's own site.

Where the hotels sit

Hotels in this town fall into a few clear pockets.

Beside Dollywood, on DreamMore Way, Dollywood's DreamMore Resort and Spa is minutes from the park. Dollywood also has a second resort, HeartSong Lodge, at 1210 Dollywood Resorts Boulevard, also minutes from the parks. The trolley between those resorts and the park is for registered resort guests only.

Near the LeConte Event Center, Drury Plaza Hotel Pigeon Forge sits at 140 Jake Thomas Road, close to The Island and a short drive to Dollywood. A hot breakfast is included.

On the Parkway at light 2A, The Inn at Christmas Place is at 119 Christmas Tree Lane, on the west side of the road, about five miles from Dollywood.

On Henderson Chapel Road, just off the north Parkway, Music Road Resort Hotel (303) and Music Road Resort Inn (314) sit across the street from each other, close to WonderWorks and the Titanic Museum.

The live map on this page shows a wider set of hotels than this short list.

Cabins: Pigeon Forge cabins.