Forbidden Caverns is in SEVIERVILLE, about ten miles out of town under English Mountain — a guided cave tour past formations growing roughly an inch every 100 to 150 years, to the remnants of a moonshiners' still that ran down here for over twenty years. The page first published at two narrated keepers rather than borrow footage from any other cave; a top-up pass has since found six more genuine tours, and it now carries eight. (Tuckaleechee Caverns, in Townsend, is a different cave with its own page in the Gatlinburg set.)

Watch: first looks

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Forbidden Caverns Sevierville TN Review Exploring English Mountain and Lunch at Bush's Best Cafe

Yankee in the South

Yankee in the South finally tour Forbidden Caverns in 2019, about ten miles out of Sevierville under English Mountain — stopping first at the 1880 Blowing Cave Mill being restored by the roadside. Cold air rolls out of the cave entrance before the guided tour drops past formations to the remnants of the moonshiners' still; lunch afterwards is at the Bush's Best Family Cafe in Chestnut Hill.

Key takeaways
  • About 10 miles out of Sevierville under English Mountain
  • Roadside bonus: the 1880 Blowing Cave Mill, mid-restoration
  • Cold air rolls out of the entrance hall before you descend

Inside look at Forbidden Caverns in the Smoky Mountains - VisitMySmokies.com

VisitMySmokies

Visit My Smokies' inside look at Forbidden Caverns in Sevierville (2014): a guide explains the name — Cherokee legend held the cave a forbidden passage to the underworld — and the geology, formations growing roughly an inch every 100 to 150 years. Moonshiners worked a still down here for over twenty years, and the cave is a favorite school field trip, with groups of a hundred kids in spring and fall.

Key takeaways
  • Name comes from a Cherokee legend of a forbidden underworld passage
  • Formations grow roughly an inch every 100-150 years
  • Moonshiners ran a still in the cave for 20+ years

Forbidden Caverns Tennessee Cave Attraction - BEAR at Mountain Overlook - Revolutionary War Cemetery

Tampa Jay

Tampa Jay's long-form visit to Forbidden Caverns in Sevierville: the drive up Blowing Cave Road, the full cave tour, and the country around it, from a creator newly moved to Tennessee and plainly enjoying the mountains.

Key takeaways
  • Forbidden Caverns sits up Blowing Cave Road in Sevierville
  • The full guided cave tour is the film's core
  • Long-form: cave plus the surrounding country

The name

Visit My Smokies' inside look has a guide explain it: Cherokee legend held the cave a forbidden passage to the underworld. The same film covers the cave's second life as a school field-trip staple — groups of a hundred kids in spring and fall. The caverns are seasonal, roughly April through late November, per the wave's venue check.

Cold air at the door

Yankee in the South's 2019 tour felt the cold air rolling out of the entrance hall before descending — and stopped first at the 1880 Blowing Cave Mill being restored by the roadside, a bonus the drive gives you. Lunch afterwards is at the Bush's Best Family Cafe in Chestnut Hill, which has its own page in this set; the pairing is the day these films describe.

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3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Forbidden Caves: The Best View UNDER the Smoky Mountains!

Bear Facts of the Smoky Mountains

Bear Facts of the Smoky Mountains presents Forbidden Caverns as one of the best views of the mountains from below: an underground tour through the Sevierville cave, framed as the Smokies' hidden underground marvel.

Key takeaways
  • Pitched as the Smokies' best view from below
  • A guided underground tour, not a self-guided walk
  • Framed against the area's above-ground attractions

A Tour of the Forbidden Caverns in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee | Historic Moonshiners Refuge

Chasing Dreams with Marcia

Chasing Dreams with Marcia tours Forbidden Caverns in the Smoky Mountains — a one-hour guided walk inside the mountain through a cave the film ties to historic moonshiners' refuge use. The hosts call it worth the money (about $20 an adult as filmed).

Key takeaways
  • The cave tour runs about one hour of walking
  • The cave's history includes moonshiners' refuge use
  • Hosts priced it around $20 an adult as filmed and called it worth it

The Forbidden Caverns, Sevierville, Tennessee

Salvatore Vinciguerra

Salvatore Vinciguerra walks Forbidden Caverns in Sevierville with the cave map in hand, noting it sits close to — not inside — Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about an hour from Cherokee, NC (the film's last minutes drift into music, so the narration record is the tour itself).

Key takeaways
  • The cave is near, not inside, the national park
  • Roughly an hour from Cherokee, NC as filmed
  • The in-cave map orients the tour

A bigger, still honest record

Eight films now: the two original tours plus six more the top-up pass found — every one a real Forbidden Caverns tour, none borrowed from another cave.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page, filmed at Forbidden Caverns in Sevierville between 2014 and 2026.

Watch: the full set

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Forbidden Caverns TN

Ninja Lee

Ninja Lee's film inside Forbidden Caverns, TN (no usable English narration track — watch content): the underground rooms and formations carry it.

A Tour Of The Forbidden Caverns / 200 FT Underground! Sevierville TN

@Cams Vlogs

A tour of the Forbidden Caverns 200 feet underground in Sevierville, TN (no usable English narration track — watch content).

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