Point of interest
Walker Sisters Cabin
12 locals recommend,
Location
Sevierville, TN
Tips from locals
Parker
May 3, 2022
Great history and hiking for everyone. One room schoolhouse and original cabin of the Walker Sister. The Walker Sisters Cabin is located at the northern end of Little Greenbrier, a narrow valley in the southwestern slope of Cove Mountain by Little Brier Branch. The area containing the cabin and the surrounding buildings is now known as Five Sisters Cove. With the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, hundreds of families were asked to move out of their mountain homes. Some went willingly, and others fought against it, but most families moved immediately. A select few, including the six unmarried Walker sisters, received a special lifetime lease—a chance to live out the rest of their lives in the log cabin they were raised in, even after the creation of a national park. Their incredible story is one of strength, hard work, and a love for the land of the Smokies.
Great history and hiking for everyone. One room schoolhouse and original cabin of the Walker Sister. The Walker Sisters Cabin is located at the northern end of Little Greenbrier, a narrow valley in the southwestern slope of Cove Mountain by Little Brier Branch. The area containing the cabin and t…
Luna
December 17, 2021
A great chance of learning how life was lived before technology. Wonderful hike on an easy road. Only a 20 min drive to the trail head.
Joy Lee
January 5, 2022
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The surviving structures— which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib— were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker Sisters— five spinster sisters who became local legends due to their adherence to traditional ways of living. The sisters inherited the farm from their father, and after the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was formed in the 1930s, they obtained a lifetime lease. The National Park Service gained control of the property in 1964 when the last Walker sister died. The surviving structures were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The surviving structures— which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib— were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker Sisters— five spinster sisters who became local…
Brian
August 14, 2021
With the creation of the park in 1940, the Walker sisters received $4,750 for their land as well as the opportunity to live out the rest of their lives at their home through a lifetime lease. Though the Walker sisters are now gone, their legacy lives on through their homestead, the objects they created and lived with, and the neighbors and visitors they interacted with well into the 1950s. By parking at Metcalf Bottoms, you can take the short half mile walk up to the Little Greenbrier schoolhouse, which John Walker and his son helped build. If you're up for a little more, take the Little Brier Gap Trail a mile up to the Walker sisters beloved home. Stand on the porch and imagine what life was life for the five sisters when they trapped food in the forest, tended to their gardens and livestock, and openly welcomed visitors before and after the park was established. New visitors will not be greeted by fried apple pies, but instead by a reminiscent, peaceful atmosphere that surrounds the now-vacant homestead of the Walker sisters.
With the creation of the park in 1940, the Walker sisters received $4,750 for their land as well as the opportunity to live out the rest of their lives at their home through a lifetime lease. Though the Walker sisters are now gone, their legacy lives on through their homestead, the objects they crea…
Pam
March 4, 2021
Built in 1840's this home place belonged to the Walker Sisters- five spinster sisters who became local legends due to their adherence to traditional ways of living. Easy hike from Metcalf Bottoms picnic area and fun for all ages. Enjoy the Greenbrier log cabin School also which is on the way.
