The Idea
Most venues hand you six hours and a cleanup deadline. Bluff Mountain Inn hands you the run of a 7,500-square-foot estate on five private acres.
The rehearsal dinner, the getting ready, the ceremony, the reception, the fire that goes too late, the slow breakfast the next morning — all of it happens in the same place, with the same people. Nobody gets in a car. Nobody says goodbye early.
Twenty-eight can sleep on the property. Up to 110 can celebrate on it.
The Venue
There is more than one ceremony site on the estate, and couples rarely choose the one they arrived expecting to choose.
Modeled on the oldest church in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the chapel gathers an intimate group under a vaulted knotty-pine ceiling. It photographs beautifully in every season — and it means the weather never becomes a decision you have to make at eight in the morning.
A white arbor at the end of a stone path, framed by clipped boxwood and a stand of hardwoods. Open lawn on every side, so the guest count decides the layout rather than the other way around.
Twenty-four hundred square feet, with timber doors that swing open onto a flagstone patio. Tables and chairs are included, which makes your rental list shorter than you are expecting.
The House
That number is the whole argument. The rehearsal dinner, the welcome breakfast, the long lunch nobody wants to leave — they happen here, not at a restaurant twenty minutes across town.
The Rooms
Six bedrooms and six bathrooms, each finished differently. A canopy bed under a deep teal ceiling. A blush room with a fringed lamp. A primary bath with a freestanding tub and room to get ready without anyone waiting a turn.
Beyond the bedrooms there is a private bridal lounge with makeup stations and its own entrance, and a separate grooms lounge with a bar, a television and space to spread out. Two parties, two rooms, no negotiating over the mirror.
Why Couples Choose It
In Their Words
The property was beautiful. Everyone was very attentive to my bridal party and myself. Fantastic place for a wedding.
Jenny
Our wedding day turned out exactly the way we imagined it would and it was all due to everyone working behind the scenes at Bluff Mountain Inn. We visited several different wedding venues in the area, and this was by far the best and most professional of them all.
Gerri
Getting There
1887 Bluff Mountain Road, Sevierville, TN 37876
Fifteen minutes to Pigeon Forge. Twenty to downtown Sevierville. Twenty-five to Gatlinburg. Shopping, restaurants and groceries sit within a mile and a half to four miles.
The estate feels like a private mountain retreat, but your guests are never far from the restaurants, shows and trails that brought them to the Smokies in the first place.
Check availability, request a private tour, or ask for a customized quote.
865-233-2390 · sales@elkspringsresort.com
Additional luxury cabins and overflow lodging are available through Elk Springs Resort throughout Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Wears Valley.