WHERE WE ARE LOCATED

Tuckaleechee Retreat Center Mailing Address
160 Bear Lodge Dr
Townsend, TN 37882

Email: inn@tuckaleecheeretreatcenter.com

Latitude: 42.684045
Longitude: -83.035554

NOTE: If you are using GPS to find your way here, please do not turn up our neighbor’s gravel driveway just before you get here. Go to the next drive or Bear Lodge Dr. It has a street sign, and our Tuckaleechee Retreat Center sign on the left is very visible.

Traveling I-40 going West: In Knoxville, take Exit 386-B (129 South-Airport-Alcoa Highway). Stay on Highway 129 South past the McGhee Tyson Airport, then take Highway 321 North through Maryville and into Townsend.

Traveling I-40 going East: Take Exit 376B (I-140 toward Maryville). Then exit on to Highway 129 South towards Maryville. Continue on Highway 129 past the McGhee Tyson Airport, then take Highway 321 North through Maryville and into Townsend.

Traveling I-75 going North: Take Exit 81. Turn right onto Hwy. 321 North through Lenoir City then through Maryville and into Townsend.

Traveling I-75 going South: After Exit 108 follow I-275 South to I-40 West. Exit 386-B (129 South-Airport-Alcoa Highway). Stay on Highway 129 South past the McGhee Tyson Airport, then take Highway 321 North through Maryville and into Townsend.

From Pigeon Forge: Turn right (west) at stoplight #3 (Wears Valley Road) to Townsend (approximately 15 miles). At the “T” junction in Townsend (at traffic light) turn right. Turn left at Old Tuckaleechee Road (street sign #4). Turn left onto Old Cades Cove Road (next to the cemetery), turn left on Cavern Road (at the Davy Crockett Riding Stables). We are .2 mile past Tuckaleechee Caverns on the left.


To Pigeon Forge

Head west on Bear Lodge Drive toward Cavern Road. Turn right onto Cavern Road. Turn slight right onto Dry Valley Road, which becomes Old Cades Cove Road. Turn right to stay on Old Cades Cove Road. Turn right onto Old Tuckaleechee Road. Turn right onto E Lamar Alexander Parkway/US-321 N/TN-73. Turn left onto Wears Valley Road/US-321 N. Turn right to stay on Wears Valley Road/US-321 N.

To Gatlinburg

Head west on Bear Lodge Drive toward Cavern Road. Turn right onto Cavern Road. Turn slight right onto Dry Valley Road, which becomes Old Cades Cove Road. Turn right to stay on Old Cades Cove Road. Turn right onto Old Tuckaleechee Road. Turn right onto E Lamar Alexander Parkway/US-321 N/TN-73. Turn left onto Wears Valley Road/US-321 N. Turn right to stay on Wears Valley Road/US-321 N.

To Maryville

Head west on Bear Lodge Drive toward Cavern Road. Turn right onto Cavern Road. Turn slight right onto Dry Valley Road, which becomes Old Cades Cove Road. Turn slight left onto Old Tuckaleechee Road. Turn left onto E Lamar Alexander Parkway/US-321 S/TN-73. Turn left onto W Lamar Alexander Parkway/US-321 S/TN-73

To Knoxville

Head west on Bear Lodge Drive toward Cavern Road. Turn right onto Cavern Road. Turn slight right onto Dry Valley Road, which becomes Old Cades Cove Road. Turn slight left onto Old Tuckaleechee Road. Turn left onto E Lamar Alexander Parkway/US-321 S/TN-73. Stay straight to go onto S Washington St/TN-447. Continue to follow S Washington St. S Washington St becomes S Hall Rd. S Hall Rd becomes US-129 N/TN-115. Take the US-11/US-70/Kingston Pike ramp. Turn right onto Kingston Pike/US-70 E/US-11 N/TN-1. Continue to follow US-70 E/US-11 N/TN-1.