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Log Cabin Rentals Gatlinburg, TN

Mill Creek Tiny
House

A new tiny house on a wooded lot off Mill Creek Road, a short drive from Pigeon Forge's shows: pine walls, a granite-topped kitchen, a loft and a private hot tub under a canopy. Its only guest review so far is a poor one.

Tiny Home / Pigeon Forge New On Booking
fewer than 15 reviews
$251 from
per night

Our verdict

Right for you if

You're a couple or two friends drawn to a well-finished tiny house in the woods near Pigeon Forge, with a private hot tub and fire pit, and you're comfortable booking an unproven listing.

Not for you if

You want a proven stay. Its only guest review faulted cleanliness, facilities, host service and value; comfort and location fared better. Also tight quarters and a ladder-style loft stair.

Built for couplesnovelty seekers
The tiny house, patio and hot tub off a gravel drive · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The tiny house, patio and hot tub off a gravel drive · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The hot tub under its canopy, facing the woods · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The hot tub under its canopy, facing the woods · © Mill Creek Tiny House
Leather sofa, electric fireplace and French doors to the porch · © Mill Creek Tiny House
Leather sofa, electric fireplace and French doors to the porch · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The granite breakfast bar and the ladder stair to the loft · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The granite breakfast bar and the ladder stair to the loft · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The bedroom with a barn door and windows onto the trees · © Mill Creek Tiny House
The bedroom with a barn door and windows onto the trees · © Mill Creek Tiny House

A tiny house on a wooded lot

This is a true tiny house — roughly five hundred square feet under a metal roof, set alone on a hillside lot off Mill Creek Road, with a gravel drive, a flagstone patio and a fire pit ringed by chairs. The woods close in on every side, so the outlook is mostly hardwoods and a slope of fallen leaves rather than a long mountain view. Pigeon Forge’s dinner shows and Dollywood are a short drive away, near enough for an evening out, far enough that the lot stays quiet.

The standout is outdoors: a private hot tub on a stone pad under a curved canopy hung with string lights, looking straight into the forest. Add the rocking chairs on the covered porch and the picnic table by the fire, and the outside space does most of the work a bigger cabin’s deck would.

Inside the pine walls

The interior is handsomely finished for its size. French doors open into a living room with a leather sofa, a cowhide rug and an electric fireplace set under a wall-mounted TV. A galley kitchen follows, with granite counters, a breakfast bar with two stools, a full-size oven and stovetop, a refrigerator and a stacked washer and dryer. The bedroom at the back has a full bed, a barn door and windows onto the trees.

Four guests is the listed maximum, and it’s a squeeze. The other beds — a full and two twins — are listed in the living space, and the loft in the photos is reached by a steep, ladder-style stair that suits agile adults more than anyone unsteady on their feet. There’s a single bathroom for everyone.

Handsome photos, a rough first verdict

This is a new property with just one guest review on the booking platform, and it was a poor one. That guest marked down cleanliness, the facilities, the host’s service and value for money, while rating comfort and location more kindly. No written comment came with the scores, so we can’t say what went wrong — only that the stay fell short for that guest on those points.

One review isn’t a pattern: a single stay can’t tell you whether this was a bad week or a lasting problem, and new listings often iron out early issues. It is, though, the only guest evidence so far. If you book, check for newer reviews first and raise any cleaning issue with the host on arrival. If you’d rather not take that chance, a cabin nearby with a longer record of guest reviews is the calmer choice.

Amenities & services

Outdoors

Private hot tub under a canopyPatio with outdoor furnitureBalcony / covered porchFire pit and picnic table (in photos)

Kitchen & laundry

Full kitchen with oven and stovetopRefrigerator and microwaveToaster and coffee makerWashing machine and dryer

Comfort

Electric fireplaceAir conditioning and heatingFlat-screen TV with DVD playerFree WiFi

Good to know

About five hundred square feetOne bathroomNon-smoking propertyNo bachelor or bachelorette parties

Not an exhaustive list, pulled from Booking — double-check a decisive amenity before you book.

What we love

1

A hot tub in the hardwoods

The tub sits on its own stone pad under a curved canopy strung with lights, facing a slope of forest rather than a neighbor's deck. It's the best seat on the property and the reason to book.

2

Finish above its size

Plank walls, pine floors, granite counters and a barn-door bedroom: the build, at least in the photos, is more carefully fitted out than most tiny rentals, with a proper stove and a stacked washer-dryer.

Before you book

Let the property know your expected arrival time in advance; a photo ID and credit card are required at check-in.

The house is non-smoking, and bachelor or bachelorette parties aren't permitted.

Where it actually is

494 Mill Creek Rd, Pigeon Forge, 37863, United States

Setting

A single tiny house on a wooded hillside off Mill Creek Road, reached by a gravel drive, with a flagstone patio, fire pit and picnic table laid out in front of the porch.

Pigeon Forge

Dolly Parton's Stampede and Dollywood are each about a quarter-hour's drive; the nearest pancake house and other restaurants are a few minutes' drive, not a walk.

Track record

A new listing with a single guest review, and a poor one: cleanliness, facilities, host service and value were marked low, while comfort and location fared better. One stay is too little history to call a pattern.

Sleeping

One bedroom with a full bed; a second full and two twins are listed in the living space, and the photos show a loft reached by a steep, ladder-style stair.

5 miles north-west of the town center.

The address sits at the heart of the area: 494 Mill Creek Rd, Pigeon Forge, 37863, United States.

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Things to do nearby

All things to do →

The nearest park outing, then the closest pick in each other kind of outing, by drive time from this cabin (our estimate, without traffic).

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