Chalets in Gatlinburg

chalets in gatlinburg are great places to stay for kids, families, parents and more, for lovers, and for singles, and for more, for couples, and for pets. Lying just south of Gatlinburg, the Sugarlands is one of the park's most popular access points. Why not climb the Sugarlands area or tour while in a chalet.

The Sugarlands area stretches roughly from Grapeyard Ridge and Roaring Fork in the east to the slopes of Sugarland Mountain to the west. Mount Le Conte rises 5,000 feet above the valley to the south and southeast. The West Fork of the Little Pigeon River, its source high in the mountains, slices through the Sugarlands, draining much of the valley. The Sugarlands is located entirely within Sevier County, Tennessee. When the first Euro-American settlers arrived in the early 19th century, they named the valley after the many sugar maple trees growing in the area at the time Syrup was made from the sap in these trees and used as a sweetener in the days before the availability of cane sugar. While these trees were cleared by the early settlers, the sugar maple is still common throughout the park. Unlike Cades Cove in the west and the Oconaluftee area to the south, very few structures dating to the pre-park days in the Sugarlands have been preserved. Notable exceptions are the Noah Ogle homestead near Cherokee Orchard, the John Ownby cabin near Fighting Creek, and the Alex Cole cabin now at Roaring Fork. Various stone foundations, chimneys, and crude rock walls remain scattered throughout the valley, giving hints of the layout of the early Appalachian settlements. The farmland, however, has been almost wholly reclaimed by hardwood forest.