Picnic Area
Our Gatlinburg hotel offers picnic areas next to a mountain stream for all our guests to enjoy. We’re also right next door to Mynatt Park on the Historic Nature Trail! Just a short walk from our hotel, you can enjoy the beauty and picnic areas that Mynatt Park has to offer. That’s not all, though — less than a mile away on the Historic Nature Trail is the Twin Creeks picnic area, one of the most beautiful areas in the park.
Three picnic spots
Right here at the lodge
Our streamside picnic area
Open to all our guests, beside the mountain stream on our property.
City park next door · 0.2 mi
Mynatt Park
Picnic spots on the Historic Nature Trail, with restrooms and a covered pavilion you can reserve through the city. Open dawn to dusk.
In the national park · 1.3 mi
Twin Creeks
A group picnic pavilion that seats 150. Open weekends from April 4 to October 31, 2026, by reservation only. A park parking tag is required.
Distances are straight-line from the lodge.
See where each spot is.
Our own picnic area is at the lodge pin. Tap a spot to see how far it is.
Bear-safe picnic tips
- Never feed bears or other wildlife. It’s illegal in the national park.
- Put all trash in bear-proof cans. Gatlinburg’s city parks require it.
- Keep coolers closed and clean up food scraps, including the grill and the ground around your table.
From the National Park Service and the City of Gatlinburg.
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