21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week

The holidays are gone, but Pigeon Forge isn't staying entirely quiet for the Winter season. Cove Mountain Resorts in Wears Valley is only a short scenic drive from Music Road in Pigeon Forge where they will be having the 21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week.

From January 8th to the 15th, lectures, guest speakers, animals, art, hiking supplies and even walks and hikes are all expected to return this week. More than 175 seminars, 100 experts and 50 guided walks and hikes plus ApplachiaFest will make this a Wilderness Wildlife not to miss!

This has been a consistant hit for two decades plus, and people of all ages turn out for all kinds of great offerings from this event. Have a great day trip out and come back to our warm, inviting accommodations for the peace and tranquility you came to the mountains to get.

Keep checking back with us and what we can offer you for your Smoky Mountain Vacation for 2011!

25% off extended

We've extended our 25% off offer into the Christmas Season.



Please see our specials page for more info.

Thanksgiving Special - 25% off!

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The Coming Winterfest

We say goodbye to the Harvest Festival this week. It was great fun and wonderfully cheerful weather as the leaves reflected gold brilliance back to the sun that set them alight, but soon we will look forward to Winterfest and the amazing magic that comes from it year after year.

It's still autumn though, so it still means guests with Cove Mountain will be seeing, breathing and absorbing miles and miles of fall colors and autumnal bliss here in Wears Valley! Nothing put thats haunting yet serene feeling of comfort into your body like a luxury cabin that views out to the stretches of misty and mystical Smoky Mountains. Pigeon Forge isn't far away either, so when it comes time for the big Winterfest switch (November 9th) you'll only be about 15 minutes driving from Patriot Park where the festivities will be going on!

Keep checking back with us as we offer new updates and specials and items of interest. There's more coming up soon; don't miss it!

Pigeon Forge Harvest Festival

The colors will be here any minute. Everywhere you look across the distances in town you can see the mountains stretch and revolve around you. Most of the time its dark green or brown/gray, but for a brief period of time, it's almost every color you can imagine springing and bursting for a final hurrah before the mountain floors become littered with them.

Take great advantage of this time to come to Pigeon Forge where the modern culture meets with the cultures of yesteryear to bring you the city-wide celebration of Harvest Festival. Dollywood celebrates with a fervent splendor by having the month-long Southern Gospel and Harvest Festival where you can see all kinds of crafts and listen to hundreds of performances by the best Southern Gospel groups in the country!



To get to where all the action is, just drive a scenic 15-minute drive through Wears valley (one of the major epicenters of the color explosions every year) to get to Pigeon Forge. If you want to enjoy the colors with as little hassle as possible - just stay right where you are or stay right with us here at Cove Mountain. We chose Wears Valley as the perfect place for Cove Mountain for its peace, quiet, and incredible saturation of the mountains around us.

Make those reservations today because people come from all over the world to see the leaves change color here in the mountains. Don't wait until its too late!

September Rod Runs

The Rod Runs of September are upon us! Pigeon Forge is famous at this entrance point of the autumn season for hosting large scale Rod Runs throughout the city. Parading down the streets and hanging out in the parking lots, adding immense color to the city, will be hundreds of hot rods from the start of the Spur connecting to Gatlinburg all the way down to Walden's Landing (or beyond)

There are two major Rod Runs coming up for September (three total for the year, the other being the Grand Spring Rod Run in April) The Shades of the Past Grand Rod Run XXVIII and the Grand Fall Rod Run. Both are convention-style events, meaning you'll see booths and merchandise all along the sidewalks along with the insane cars you're going to see. It also means you're going to want to find a parking spot anywhere you can (legally) and call it good, because traffic will be at a virtual stand still during the Rod Runs.



And thats where Cove Mountain comes into play. Cove Mountain is only a short 10-15 minute drive to Pigeon Forge and most of the traffic will not be coming back through, meaning you'll still get the peace and quiet you came to the mountains for. It'll be incredible to go out for a full Rod Run day and then come back to a well-deserved rest at Cove Mountain Resorts!

Shades of the Past is September 10th-11th and the Grand Fall Rod Run is September 16th-19th. Make your reservations today because every parking spot in Pigeon Forge, every single one, will fill up quickly. Call today!

August's Last Thrill

It's August now, so the mood is more of the preparations for the year to come and not on splashing around the pool or biking through the hills. School starts earlier than ever before and everyone's mind and money are on books and stationary of every color of the rainbow.

But before you bid the summer its annual farewell, consider how easy it would be for one last Aestival romp through the mountains here at Cove Mountain Resorts. Our location in Wears Valley puts you at a more scenic location of the Great Smokies with less incorporation and less driving hassle, not to mention our myriad of amenities onsite.

Wears Valley is the midpoint between Pigeon Forge and Townsend. It's roughly 10-12 minutes each way, with downtown Pigeon Forge between 15-18 minutes. Wears Valley itself features a handful of genuinely interesting shops and great southern restaurants plus a farmer's market. Pigeon Forge offers so many things, you'd need to go to www.mypigeonforge.com for all they offer while Townsend is for the nature lovers. Townsend's much, much quieter setting offers the famous "Wye" river for swimming, picnicking and tubing and Cades Cove, one of the most visited and highly respected sections of the Great Smoky Mountains national park.

Yes, summer is fading, but there's always time for one more trip before school and Cove Mountain Resorts sits happily in the middle of several choices to choose from! Be it Pigeon Forge or Townsend or right here in Wears Valley, Cove Mountain is your home in the Smokies! We look forward to seeing you!