The Smoky Mountain Deer Farm Exotic Petting Zoo is in SEVIERVILLE, about 20 minutes from Dollywood — follow Dolly Parton Parkway and Walnut Grove Road, then the yellow signs for the last 1.3 miles. Over a hundred tame deer live here alongside zebras, llamas, camels, African pygmy goats and one zonkey — a zebra-donkey with striped legs. The first four films on this page are narrated keepers; a top-up pass added five more, and the farm's record now runs to nine.

Watch: first looks

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm Exotic Petting Zoo in Sevierville, TN | Full Tour & Review

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There's 2026 full tour of the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm Exotic Petting Zoo in Sevierville — about 20 minutes from Dollywood by Dolly Parton Parkway and Walnut Grove Road, following the yellow signs the last 1.3 miles. Inside: a cup of feed or apple slices buys close encounters with deer, zebras and llamas that come straight to the fence, and the riding stables sit on the same grounds.

Key takeaways
  • About 20 minutes from Dollywood; follow the yellow signs the last 1.3 miles
  • Feed cups and apple slices for deer, zebras and llamas
  • Animals come right to the fence to be fed

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo Sevierville Tennessee 2024 Complete Walkthrough

Yankee in the South

Yankee in the South's 2024 walkthrough of the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm, off Highway 411 in Sevierville: a big cup of feed, clear rules (the cup feed is not for the pigs, camels or birds, and you do not climb in with the deer), goats jostling for position, a resident turtle, and hilly farm paths. Bus and RV visitors are asked to call ahead.

Key takeaways
  • Off Highway 411 in Sevierville; hilly farm paths
  • Cup-feed rules: not for the pigs, camels or birds
  • Don't climb into the deer enclosure — you'll be swarmed (kindly)

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm And Exotic Petting Zoo Review Sevierville TN 2021 Horseback Riding

Yankee in the South

Yankee in the South's 2021 visit doubles as the driving guide: about 11.5 miles and 21 minutes from Pigeon Forge via Veterans Boulevard, Highway 411 and Walnut Grove to Happy Hollow Lane, with signs the whole way. The farm keeps over a hundred tame deer, plus a zebra, pony rides for kids and horseback riding at the stables.

Key takeaways
  • About 11.5 miles / 21 minutes from Pigeon Forge, New Center area
  • Over 100 tame deer on the farm
  • Pony rides for kids; horseback riding at the stables

Feeding time

A cup of feed or apple slices buys close encounters: the animals come straight to the fence. The rules are filmed clearly — the cup feed is not for the pigs, camels or birds, and you do not climb in with the deer (you'll be swarmed, kindly). Smoky Mountain Family's takeaway is how calm everything is: animals raised on visitor feed do not mob you; they wander over to see what you brought. Feed comes in small and large cups.

The drive and the grounds

The 2021 visit doubles as the driving guide: about 11.5 miles and 21 minutes from Pigeon Forge via Veterans Boulevard, Highway 411 and Walnut Grove to Happy Hollow Lane, signed the whole way. The paths are hilly; bus and RV visitors are asked to call ahead. The farm sits off Highway 411 in the New Center area.

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3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

SMOKY MOUNTAIN DEER FARM & PETTING ZOO Sevierville Tennnessee SUGGESTION WEEK!

Smoky Mountain Family

Smoky Mountain Family meet the Deer Farm's menagerie up close in 2022: African pygmy goats, camels, a zebra — and a zonkey, a zebra-donkey with striped legs. Their takeaway is how calm everything is: animals raised on visitor feed do not mob you, they just wander over to see what you brought.

Key takeaways
  • The menagerie includes a zonkey — zebra-donkey with striped legs
  • Camels and African pygmy goats round out the exotics
  • Animals are feed-trained and calm around visitors

Smoky Mountains Deer Farm And Exotic Petting Zoo: Visiting the Gateway to the Smoky Mountains

Bear Facts of the Smoky Mountains

Bear Facts of the Smoky Mountains hand-feeds a zebra at the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo in Sevierville and works through the farm animal by animal — the gateway-to-the-Smokies petting zoo at full length.

Key takeaways
  • You can pet and hand-feed a zebra here
  • The film works through the farm animal by animal
  • A full-length record, not a highlight reel

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm/ Sevierville Tennessee 2024

Great Smoky Mountains (official channel)

The Great Smoky Mountains channel walks the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm in Sevierville: named deer (Biscuit among them), the petting zoo pens, and a gift shop selling antler souvenirs from the farm's own deer.

Key takeaways
  • Individual deer have names (Biscuit)
  • The gift shop sells antlers shed by the farm's own deer
  • Sevierville location, Great Smoky Mountains setting

More than deer

Pony rides for kids and horseback riding at the stables share the grounds, with a resident turtle among the goats jostling for position at the fence. It is the gentlest page in the Pigeon Forge set — a farm morning, not a theme-park day, and priced and paced accordingly in every film.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page, filmed at the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm in Sevierville between 2021 and 2026.

Watch: the full set

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo / Sevierville, TN

Smoky Mountain Katz Krew

Smoky Mountain Katz Krew arrive at opening time (10 a.m., and they mean it — call ahead about bus and RV parking) and tour the Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo in Sevierville, ending with a definite we'll-be-back.

Key takeaways
  • Opens at 10 a.m. and enforces it
  • Bus, RV and trailer parking: call ahead
  • Hosts' verdict: a good recommendation, they'll return

Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo Tour & Review - Sevierville TN

The Adventures of Drew and Amanda

The Adventures of Drew and Amy tour the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo in Sevierville: hand-feeding deer, goats underfoot, a Sicilian donkey and reindeer, filmed at feeding level.

Key takeaways
  • Hand-feeding is the experience: deer, goats, donkey, reindeer
  • Filmed at animal level, in the pens
  • Expect goats to mug you for the feed cup

What to Expect at the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo

Mountain Life

Mountain Life's compact explainer for the Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo: 478 Happy Hollow Lane, Sevierville; open 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; $15.99 adults, $9.99 kids 3–12 as filmed; feed cups, camel feeding, zebra petting and horseback riding.

Key takeaways
  • 478 Happy Hollow Lane, Sevierville; 10:00–5:30 as filmed
  • Prices as filmed: $15.99 adults, $9.99 kids 3–12
  • Feed cups, camel feeding, zebra petting, horseback riding

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