Blackberry Mountain
Hotel · Blount County ·
Luxury mountaintop retreat with fine dining, spa, and adventure
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1507 E Millers Cove Rd, Walland, TN 37886 Get directions
Luxury mountaintop retreat with fine dining, spa, and adventure
1507 E Millers Cove Rd, Walland, TN 37886 Get directions
"Immersed in mist-shrouded Smoky Mountain vistas, I set up behind a table of easels, paintbrushes, water-filled mason jars, and professional acrylics as local artist Miranda Hill—who also runs the resort’s wellness and adventure activities center—guided us to partition our canvases into sky, mountains, and valley. When the shifting light sent me into a panic about technical perfection, Hill reassured us we could add details later, and I remembered I was on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains; I breathed, mixed colors for my wildflowers, and let go. To Hill, art is the ultimate wellness activity in nature: over her two-hour outdoor painting class, she watches guests ease into an almost meditative state, experience a shift away from perfectionism, and leave feeling lighter, more connected, and surprised by what they create when fully present. Her basket-weaving sessions echo that release, imagining worries and stresses threaded into the piece and left contained there. At the end, I couldn’t capture the landscape’s magic perfectly—but I felt happy." - Maria Yagoda
"I wouldn't call this roughing it: Blackberry Mountain, the much-anticipated follow-up to Blackberry Farm that opened in early 2019, is a nature-centric luxury lodge with 36 freestanding accommodations (including Treehouses, Stone Cottages, and multi-bedroom homes) and Smokies views. The property feels like summer camp for grown-ups, with a spa called Nest focused on holistic treatments, plush amenities like Egyptian cotton bedding, Bose smart speakers, and soaking tubs, included breakfast and dinner at in-house restaurants, and extras such as soundbath sessions in the yoga loft." - Caitlin Morton
"A Relais & Châteaux mountain sanctuary that blends rustic tranquility with upscale wellness and outdoor programming—couples can choose active pursuits like hiking and mountain biking or restorative experiences such as forest bathing, yoga, and multi-restaurant farm-driven dining." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"A luxurious, multi-generational mountain retreat across thousands of acres in the Great Smoky Mountains where guests can stay in modern treehouses, stone cottages, or wooden cabins equipped with amenities like wood-burning stoves, private golf carts, and outdoor heated soaking tubs. The property focuses on wellness and adventure—offering guided group hikes, group wellness classes, and three meals per day plus snacks and non-alcoholic beverages—while many specialty activities (pottery, reiki, fly fishing, etc.) are available for an extra fee." - Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman Lauren Dana Ellman is a New York-based writer and editor who specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, and shopping content. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"A luxury property in the Great Smoky Mountains that has introduced a high-intensity-interval-training experience blending interval workouts with guided hiking excursions, appealing to guests seeking both challenging fitness programming and access to mountain trails." - Mary Holland Mary Holland Mary Holland is a writer and editor based in New York. She is the former online editor of GQ and Glamour South Africa. Her work has also appeared in The Financial Times, WSJ. Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, Afar, and others. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines