Where Learning Meets Adventure
Surround yourself with the scenic Great Smoky Mountains during your next trip to Pigeon Forge, located just five miles from the entrance to the nation’s most visited national park. Beautiful scenery is the perfect backdrop for any event, and the Smokies provide amazing views for every season.
Student-Friendly Attractions
Pigeon Forge is filled with attractions, theaters, restaurants, and more, offering a variety of ways to build fun into your itinerary. Dollywood Theme Park features more than 50 rides and attractions, world-class entertainment, and many fabulous festivals; plus, it can serve as a great performance venue for school bands or choirs. You can study history, physics, zoology, and geography among other subjects as you explore the park.
Just a hop, skip, and jump away, The Island in Pigeon Forge is a walkable destination that offers over 80 shops, restaurants, rides, and experiences. Pigeon Forge also features a variety of other attractions and activities, including the Titanic Museum Attraction, Pink Jeep Tours, water parks, mountain coasters, theaters and live shows, miniature golf, indoor snow tubing, and more.
Educational Opportunities
Many attractions offer curricula, including topics such as physics, zoology, geography, and history, that you can incorporate into a classroom setting before or after your visit. Of course, you can always explore one of America’s largest classrooms – Great Smoky Mountains National Park – aided by lesson plans available at www.nps.gov/teachers.
A wide variety of theaters offer performance opportunities for bands, showchoirs, dance and choral groups, as well as backstage and educational tours. Take a workshop on singing, comedy, dancing, and more at Country Tonite Theatre, or gather in a dedicated meeting space at Dolly Parton’s Stampede. For a unique, up-close look at history, visit the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Titanic Museum Attraction, or get a hands-on educational experience at WonderWorks.
Event Spaces for Groups
Pigeon Forge also recognizes that options are important. From the LeConte Event Center at Pigeon Forge, with a spacious 200,000 square feet, to more than 20 smaller venues throughout the city, Pigeon Forge has the perfect space for any size event. Plus, you can choose from a variety of spaces, including traditional and non-traditional options with different sizes, atmospheres, and amenities.
The best news? Every venue is equipped to meet your needs and help ensure a successful gathering. That is because Pigeon Forge offers unforgettable southern hospitality to every group. Pigeon Forge loves groups, and our businesses know exactly how to take care of them and go above and beyond to ensure a successful experience.
Contact Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism
Contact Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism- Mike Gwinn – Senior Sales Manager
- 865-429-7329
- mike.gwinn@cityofpigeonforgetn.gov
- www.PigeonForgeTours.com
