Escape the Crowds: Dandridge, a Serene Smoky Mountain Town

Unpopular opinion. Here’s a better Smoky Mountain option. ⛰️🌳🥾 🛑Don’t go to Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge. Especially not at fall foliage season. When you get stuck in traffic. It is not worth it. Here’s where to go. 👉Dandridge, Tennessee (Save it. Or don’t. I don’t want you to crowd it up. 😉) A little town with cute stores and a coffee shop and it’s right on Douglas Lake for water fun. It’s the quiet family vacation… Unlike the tourist traps of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. It’s close enough to the Smoky Mountains to go on a hike…. With a beautiful view over water looking toward the Tennessee mountains. But far enough away to not be in the crazy crowds. Take a day trip on your Tennessee family vacation from Dandridge 🌳40 minutes to Pigeon Forge. 🌳40 minute to the Great Smoky Mountains. 🌳30 minutes to Knoxville Fun fact: Its named after Martha Dandridge Washington, our first president’s wife. You’re welcome. #dandridge Remember next time you’re sitting in Gatlinburg’s Main Street watching people walk faster than you car… I told ya so. 🤣 . . 👉Tell me your favorite small town- they might just be my favorite. ❤️ . . 📸July 2021 Thanks to @tracybaggett for a photo. 😉 . . . .