What To Do

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Top 5 Places To See The Autumn Colors

While the Autumn color has only been crawling to the Smokies this season, the change is under way and the slow speed only adds more time and opportunities to see it! If you’re coming to the Smoky Mountains in search of the best fall views we’re here to help! Here are our five places that we recommend for Autumn color sights.

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Wears Valley Fall Fest 2019

Who doesn’t love a Fall festival in the Smoky Mountains? Wears Valley will be continuing its tradition of presenting one awesome Autumn jubilee out in the heart of the Smoky Mountains in October with the Wears Valley Fall Fest! This year, the Wears Valley Fall Fest is going on between October 18th to the October 20th.

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Winterfest Surprise Update

Some surprise news about Winterfest this year as reported by WVLT.com: “SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) — Sevier County leaders announced they’ll delay the start of Smoky Mountain Winterfest this year.

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Pigeon Forge Car Shows 2019

The September “Rod Runs”, as we refer to in local parlance, is actually two different Rod Runs that we have running one week and then another. If you’ve been to the Spring Rod Run in Pigeon Forge, it’s basically that except with double the length.

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Tubing Places in the Smokies

“Hey, Summit Cabin Rentals, we’re coming to the Smokies here in the Summer, where can we go tubing?” Now that’s a worthwhile Summertime question. Here are some of our recommendations for having Tubing fun in the Smokies:

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4th of July in the Smokies 2019

Do you love the 4th of July holiday in the Smokies? Do you enjoy the idea of fireworks blowing up overhead at Patriot Park, downtown Gatlinburg and throughout the mountains by our residents? Do you enjoy Midnight 4th of July parades and River Raft Regattas? How about day-long festivals at big public parks with music, fun for the family and more featured?

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One Last Burst of Spring Fever

Summer vacation seems to be too far away and you need a change of scenery. It’s a common social malady between April and June, so why not sneak in a getaway and surprise the family with some early Summer fun? Chances are you’ve likely earned the opportunity in relevant faculties and a mini vacation can help satisfy that Spring fever.

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Exciting Indoor Family Fun in Pigeon Forge

When you book one of the great cabins at Summit Cabin Rentals, you are likely planning on spending a lot of quality time outdoors. We have some of the best hiking trails in the Smoky Mountains, great places for camp fires, and much more. While we do everything possible to make your vacation with us perfect, we can’t quite control the weather.If you are here on a rainy day, however, don’t worry! There are plenty of great indoor things to do in and around the Pigeon Forge area that your entire family will love. In fact, many of these things are major attractions in their own right, and you may want to add them to your list of things to do regardless of the weather.

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Spring Rod Run 2019

The cars are already coming into town and we all know what that means – the Spring Rod Run for 2019 is beginning in the Smokies!

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Ole Red Restaurant Opening Soon

So, by now you probably know one of the biggest ongoing developments in the Smokies has been the announcement that we will getting a branch of celebrity musician Blake Shelton’s “‘Ole Red” restaurant and music venue hybrid right in downtown Gatlinburg. That’s no longer news, but what IS news is that we now have a completion date to expect – March 2019!

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Christmas Parade Extravaganza

The turkey’s been cooked, the potatoes’ been mashed, the corn’s been hashed and the feast has come. It was another wonderful Thanksgiving for us and many others for 2018 and now the only thing we have left to think about there is the last of the cleanup. Now we put our attention towards the Christmas celebrations in the Smokies, and the first real activities that bring the Christmas spirit to life in December will be the handful of parades that we can look forward to.