Dollywood helped make Pigeon Forge the tourism hub we know today. When the theme park was announced in 1985, the city looked ...

It straddles the boundary of North Carolina and Tennessee ... It’s only 3 miles from the heart of Downtown Gatlinburg, or 10 miles to get to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. In other words, it ...

Then, Dollywood changed it again ... its tourism was largely overflow from Gatlinburg, where most national park visitors preferred to find lodging and activities. In the 1950s, attractions ...