Cabin for Sale near Gatlinburg TN

Many visitors also partake of locally made candy (especially taffy), as well as visit one of the many pancake houses. During the Christmas season the entire downtown Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area is decorated with lights. Visitors also benefit from a free shuttle bus that traverses the city every half hour. The Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge trolley bus system provides tremendous parking capacity, and the opportunity to enjoy the scenery as you are carried from place to place. Our cabins for sale near Gatlinburg are very close to the trolley line for Pigeon Forge, which connects all the way through to Gatlinburg and the Gatlinburg Aquarium of the Smokies.

Extensive logging in the early 1900s led to increased calls by conservationists for federal action, and in 1911 Congress passed the Weeks Act to allow for the purchase of land for national forests. Authors such as Horace Kephart and Knoxville-area business interests began advocating the creation of a national park in the Smokies, similar to Yellowstone or Yosemite in the Western United States. With the purchase of 76,000 acres (310 km²) of the Little River Lumber Company tract in 1926, the movement quickly became a reality. For those who purchase our cabins for sale near Gatlinburg, the pristine beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park may be enjoyed as an added benefit for the future.

Andrew Huff would spearhead the movement in the Gatlinburg area. He opened the first hotel in Gatlinburg— the Mountain View Hotel— in 1916. His son, Jack, would establish LeConte Lodge atop Mount Le Conte in 1926. In spite of resistance from lumberers at Elkmont and difficulties with the Tennessee legislature, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was opened in 1934.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park radically changed Gatlinburg. When the Pi Phis arrived in 1912, Gatlinburg was a small hamlet with six houses, a blacksmith shop, a general store, a Baptist Church, and a greater community of 600 individuals, most of whom lived in log cabins. In 1934, the first year of the park, an estimated 40,000 visitors passed through the city. Within a year, this number had increased exponentially to 500,000. From 1940 to 1950, the cost of land in Gatlinburg increased from $50 to $8000 per acre. While the park's arrival benefited Gatlinburg and made many of the town's residents wealthy, the tourism explosion led to problems with air quality and urban sprawl. The town's infrastructure is often pushed to the limit on peak vacation days, and must consistently re-adapt to accommodate the growing number of tourists. Entertainment is abundant during summer evenings on the Parkway in Gatlinburg. A Dulcimer player Gracefully strums an upbeat mountain melody; a clogging group demonstrates the original dance of the Appalachians. A bluegrass band draws a crowd at the Village; a boisterous angler delights passers-by with hilarious tall-tales as he demonstrates fly fishing. These are also just a few mini-performances you can experience every evening from June 8th to August 11th as you stroll in downtown Gatlinburg. Tunes and Tail features costumed musical performers, Storytellers and artisans portraying various time periods from the 1800s to today. Fourteen nightly acts perform in 10-minute performances along the Parkway throughout the night. All these attractions, restaurants, shops, and theaters are within just a few minutes of our cabins for sale near Gatlinburg.

Cabin for sale near Gatlinburg