Blanket Creek
Blanket Creek is a stream in Sevier, Tennessee. Blanket Creek is situated nearby to the locality Greenbrier, as well as near the hamlet Elkmont.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Greenbrier School and Walker Sisters Place.
Little Greenbrier School
School
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Little Greenbrier School is a former schoolhouse and church in the ghost town of Little Greenbrier in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. Located near Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it was built in 1882, and was used as a school and church almost continuously until 1936. Little Greenbrier School is situated 2 miles northwest of Blanket Creek.
Walker Sisters Place
Dwelling
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
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 sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living. Walker Sisters Place is situated 2½ miles northwest of Blanket Creek.
Mayna Treanor Avent Studio
Cabin
Photo: Bms4880, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avent Cabin, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, Tennessee, United States, is an early Appalachian mountain cabin that was used as a summer studio and retreat by noted artist Mayna Treanor Avent. Mayna Treanor Avent Studio is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blanket Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elkmont and Wear Valley.
Elkmont
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
Elkmont is a region situated in the upper Little River valley of the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Throughout its history, the valley has been home to a pioneer Appalachian community, a logging town, and a resort community. Elkmont is situated 2 miles east of Blanket Creek.
Wear Valley
Village
Wears Valley is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee that was formerly treated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census county division. Wear Valley is situated 4 miles northwest of Blanket Creek.
The Sugarlands
Hamlet
The Sugarlands is a valley in Tennessee within the north-central Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. Formerly home to a string of small Appalachian communities, the valley is now the location of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters and the Sugarlands Visitor Center. The Sugarlands is situated 4½ miles east of Blanket Creek.
Blanket Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sevier, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.66315° or 35° 39′ 47″ northLongitude
-83.61378° or 83° 36′ 50″ westElevation
1,942 feet (592 metres)Open location code
867RM97P+7FGeoNames ID
4607073
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