The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies

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3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6

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Parking available
Pool
Dryer
Washer
Fireplace

Explore the area

Gatlinburg, TN

Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park
‪15 min walk‬
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
‪8 min drive‬
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters
‪10 min drive‬
Gatlinburg, TN (GKT-Gatlinburg - Pigeon Forge)
‪32 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bathtub · Toilet · Hair dryer

Bathroom 2

Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

About this property

We welcome you to our home away from home. The Bird’s Nest is a two story chalet that comfortably sleeps 6 guest. It offers fully functional kitchen, 3 bedrooms with 1 king, 2 queen, washer and dryer, 5 flat screen tv’s( 4 with cable & one with DVD player), double stack stone wood burning fireplaces, two baths, iron and ironing board, hairdryers, spiral staircase, upper and lower decks, outside access on both levels, hot tub, pool table, easy parking, beautiful winter view, soft outside lighting, half mile from Ober Ski Resort, 2 miles from Gatlinburg strip, We have club privileges. Club house is less than quarter mile from property.

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Jamie

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 25

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has indicated that there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

Gatlinburg

Chalet Village, a neighbourhood in Gatlinburg, is home to this holiday home. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and The Ripken Experience - Pigeon Forge, while Dolly Parton's Stampede Dinner Attraction and Titanic Museum are cultural highlights. Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park and Gatlinburg Space Needle are not to be missed.

Gatlinburg, TN

What's nearby

Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
Gatlinburg Convention Center - 7 min drive - 5.1 km
SkyPark - 7 min drive - 5.3 km
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - 8 min drive - 5.9 km
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters - 10 min drive - 7.4 km

Getting around

Alcoa - Knoxville Airport (TYS) - 75 min drive

Restaurants

‪Ole Smoky Distillery - ‬7 min drive
‪Sugarlands Distilling Co. - ‬7 min drive
‪Crawdaddy's Restaurant & Bar - ‬7 min drive
‪Smith & Son Corner Kitchen - ‬7 min drive
‪Mellow Mushroom - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool.

Is The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is The Bird’s Nest in the Smokies located?

Located in Chalet Village, this holiday home is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park and 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Traffic Light #10 and Ober Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway are also within 3 miles (5 km).

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9.0/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

6/10 Okay

Aimee G.

27 Mar 2025

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

In the middle of both towns was super convenient!

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan L.

1 Dec 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thanksgiving Bears

Our three adult children and my wife and I loved the property for a Thanksgiving get away! We saw 3 bears on the last day!

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew K.

16 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Cozy Cabin!

This is an awesome & cozy cabin just minutes from the topside of Ober Mountain that is perfect for a small family to stay in! The owner was great & easy to contact. Well worth staying again!

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jorge L.

7 Jan 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful family place’s.

Perfect location, family friendly, great Comunications .

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Crystal H.

18 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Wedding Anniversary ❤️ Spent with some family

We absolutely loved our stay ! The bears were most definitely my favorite part ❤️ Our manual Jeep Wrangler didn't really like the hills too much or the driveway, kind of scary but we made it work 😊 Definitely worth every penny and every minute spent ! Some of our best memories were made in Tennessee and I will forever be thankful❤️ Bless y'all and lots of love !

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brad J., Kokomo.Indiana

10 June 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

Nice home with a great location. Nice layout , very clean

Stayed 3 nights in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ruthie H.

6 July 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our stay

We had a wonderful time we enjoyed all the bears we saw, the house was just right.Thank you for letting us use your home

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer R.

17 Apr 2019

Our stay

Thank u for sharing your beautiful cozy home with us Michiganders! We enjoyed our short time in the Smokies.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

jill k.

7 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

Owner is aware and already hired a new cleaning crew! This house is perfect location to visiting the area and hiking then soaking tired bodies in the hot tub!

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark M.

26 June 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just perfect

The cabin was very clean! Beds were comfortable, and the kitchen was well stocked for our needs. We saw bears everyday. We enjoyed our time in Tennessee.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Virna A.

27 June 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

stay at bird's nest cabin

Loved the cabin! the driveway not so much, better once I got used to it (3rd day into the trip) lots of bears around, make SURE you always lock car doors, the bears know how to open car doors as we unfortunately found out.

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Carol T.

1 June 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, listing accuracy

Just what our family needed

A great chalet in Ober just up the hillside of Gatlinburg. Perfect for our family getaway to visit each other and enjoy the Smokey Mountains, Anakeesta, Dollywood, downtown Gatlinburg, Pigeon forge, and Sevierville. Hot tub and pool table were a bonus and EVERY DAY we seen a black bear....today as we left one came to the front door!

Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beth F.

10 Apr 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect spot for our family

We visited with my elderly parents and my family took the downstairs while they had the upstairs. We were able to make great meals and wind down in the hot tub every night. The home was close to town but still far enough away to feel removed and same for the National park, close enough but still removed. We hiked every day and sat in the hot tub at night and made the very best of memories.

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deborah S.

31 July 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wish We Could Have Stayed Longer!

Absolutely Awesome! We seen bears every single day...multiple times! The cabin was wonderful & very well maintained! I would definitely recommend this cabin & will try to rent again in the future if available! Thanks Jamie! You & Your Cabin Rocks!!!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Wayne R., Sherrills Ford

26 Sept 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay with the Bears

Was a nice peaceful week, with a bear visitor everyday. They were just strolling through never seemed to be curious or aggressive. Easy drive down to Gatlinburg and over to pigeon Forge. We enjoyed the ride Through the smokies and saw Turkey and Elk nice vacation

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie G.

28 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Get away!

We enjoyed the seclusion. The road to the home is a bit intimidating at dark. But the property itself is good. We did have difficulty with the electrical and trying to figure out how to turn on lights and such but we made due. We would highly recommend!

Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Shanna B.

7 Apr 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Good effort

The owner was kind and responsive. The location was great, just above the Gatlinburg's main walkway. We had great view and privacy off the back. The hot tub was super relaxing. The place was generally clean but had a stale smell. We found a cabinet with mold and an air freshener that may have been the source. The bathroom light was touchy. Half the light switches weren't hooked up to lights. This was my parents' VRBO so they thought it was great. For experienced VRBO travelers, it lacked the finished, and we liked the host.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Joshua H.

21 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Grin and Bear it!

We had a great trip! The location was fantastic and very easy to get to. The property was in great condition. It was a bit dusty here and there. But nothing felt gross. We were missing a grill but we made due and figure out somethings. But when you brings steaks and hamburgers to eat a grill is preferred. Hot tub did it's job but we did have to refill it ourselves a couple times as the water runs out pretty easily. Overall a great time and we would for sure stay again. My only down fall is that we really never heard from the owner at all during our trip. Some may say this is a good thing, but we like communication. If anything a simple enjoy your stay. But wow the bears! As I was getting into the hot tub a bear started climbing up the deck and if I did not hear it rustling it would have met me face to face. But I quickly got inside and when we looked out from the top deck, there were 5 total bears outside of the property. CRAZY!! It was a great time and thank you for the stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Sarah P.

4 Jan 2023

Liked: Communication, listing accuracy

Family trip review

The good about this property was that it was decorated super cute, and the hot tub was a plus! The location was pretty close to things to do but the roads and driveway were a little sketchy. There were some things that could've been improved though based off our experience. The contactless check in was nice but there were 2 codes sent to us so trying to figure out the right one to open the lock box was a little tedious in the dark. A lot of things were broken or not working right at the property. The breaker box tripped anytime we plugged the heaters in downstairs (which was needed because it did get very chilly down there) so we ended up playing outlet roulette so that the heaters would not randomly shut off after we went to sleep. The upstairs TV had terrible static when the volume was turned on, the pool table pockets had the staples broken out so the pool balls would fall to the floor and the futon downstairs had a not to unzip the back pockets and put the legs down to use it as a bed but when we went to do that one of the legs was completely broken off. I did message the property manager about this and the response I received was as follows "mash the input button on the remote. It should make everything fine. Thanks for letting me know about the other. I'll have that taken care of. Also, a child can sleep on the futon but no adults please. Thanks" Jamie was quick to respond to my messages though so that was nice! The property was nice but definitely was not designed for our family of 7 people. The dining room table only had 4 chairs and there was no additional seating which made it difficult for dinners with the family. Also, on a cleaning note when we were packing our things up, we checked under the bed to make sure we didn't miss anything and found multiple socks that were not ours.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Jessica W.

22 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Kenneth C.

12 Nov 2024

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Flora P.

23 Sept 2024

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Steven A.

10 Dec 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lots of room, enjoyed the hot tub

Overall we enjoyed our visit! The good: Lots of sleeping space Clean Fire place on 1st and 2nd floors Hot tub was great! Washer and dryer The “meh” No grill - this was our biggest disappointment as it’s pictured in the listing and we brought food to grill, but found there was no grill anywhere to be found Older place - didn’t bother us at all, but just be aware. Stairs inside are steep and can be an issue for some, some oddities with electrical things (where to find lights, outlets etc) Just FYI: this place is located fairly high up and along some fairly steep and windy roads. It’s about 10 minutes to town. Overall we’d stay again and enjoyed our time with the small exception of not having a grill!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Brandi H.

27 Nov 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

The house was very clean and close to town but still felt like you were for in the mountains. We had bear visitors almost daily which was neat to see. The only down fall is it says sleeps 8, it does sleep 8 but does not accommodate 8. There is only 4 places to sit at the table, it would have been nice to have a couple barstools at the counter and maybe another couch. Other than that there were no complaints. The owner of the house is very responsive and nice. I would definitely consider it again if we had a smaller party.

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

stephaine h.

28 Sept 2022

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness

Daily bear encounters

Bears every morning(9-10). Photos look just like the property. Cozy, yet could use some updates. Even with the issues we had we would recommend here. Owner was very prompt and responded quickly. Btw Bears can open car doors, keep them locked and food free!

Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

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