FARES
Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Sugarlands / Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge / Cherokee
(adults & children) $13 round trip; $7 one way

Group rate — $2.00 discount each round-trip for 3 or more seats

Seniors 60 and over — $2.00 discount

Tickets may be purchased with cash or traveler’s checks only, and are non-refundable.

Are you a hiker? Unscheduled stops along the route may be arranged with as much advance notice as possible (Happy Hiker – Gatlinburg, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, GSMNP pull-offs, etc.).

Carry-0ns – Backpacks, strollers, car seats, small coolers and mobility devices are permitted on board.

  
Sugarlands, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, TN visitors can enjoy the Cherokee, NC experience
without having to drive across the mountains.

Cherokee Transit’s air-conditioned buses connect the Tennessee Smokies and the North Carolina Smokies with four round-trips daily.

The route runs through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Newfound Gap Road (Highway 441). There will be a 10-minute stop at Newfound Gap for photos, etc., on the daytime run.

When you arrive in Cherokee, simply transfer to one of our Downtown Shuttles for shopping, attractions or the Casino.

DEPARTURE LOCATIONS

• Sugarlands Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg

• The Gatlinburg Visitor’s Center at red light #3 in the center of Gatlinburg.

• Patriot Park in Pigeon Forge, near the shopping malls.
  

Receive a $5 Casino Voucher
(Requires Harrah's Total Rewards membership. Application and voucher available from driver)

 

 

At the Newfound Gap stop, you can have one foot in Tennessee and the other foot in North Carolina.

Buses depart Gatlinburg at the Visitors Center (below) and at Pigeon Forge’s Patriot Park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  SHUTTLE SCHEDULE  

 

• Full Schedule. May 1 thru September 30 – Buses run 7 days per week.

• Partial schedule () – April (day only) Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday; October (day only) 7 days per week.

• November thru March — No shuttle service.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTURES

 

ARRIVALS

 

Cherokee

8:00 AM

Sugarlands

9:00 AM

 

Sugarlands

9:10 AM

Gatlinburg

9:20 AM

 

Gatlinburg

9:30 AM

Pigeon Forge

9:45 AM

 

Pigeon Forge

10:00 AM

Sugarlands

10:20 AM

 

Sugarlands

10:30 AM

Cherokee

11:45 AM

 

Cherokee

1:00 PM

Sugarlands

2:00 PM

 

Sugarlands

2:10 PM

Gatlinburg

2:20 PM

 

Gatlinburg

2:30 PM

Pigeon Forge

2:45 PM

 

Pigeon Forge

3:00 PM

Sugarlands

3:20 PM

 

Sugarlands

3:30 PM

Cherokee

4:30 PM

 

 

Cherokee

3:30 PM

 

Sugarlands

4:30 PM

 

 

Sugarlands

4:40 PM

 

Gatlinburg

4:50 PM

 

 

Gatlinburg

5:00 PM

 

Pigeon Forge

5:15 PM

 

  Pigeon Forge 5:30 PM   Sugarlands 5:50 PM  
  Sugarlands 6:00 PM   Cherokee * 6:55 PM  
  Cherokee ** 9:45 PM   Gatlinburg 10:45 PM  
  Gatlinburg 11:00 PM   Pigeon Forge 11:15 PM  
  Pigeon Forge 11:30 PM   Cherokee 12:30 PM  
             

 

* This shuttle drops off patrons at "Unto These Hills"
**
This shuttle picks up patrons at "Unto These Hills"
(June through August)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Please wait a minimum of 15 minutes past departure times listed. While these times indicate scheduled departures, delays may occur.  
             
 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Public Transit
PO Box 455
Cherokee, North Carolina 28719
828-497-5296 • 866-388-6071 • TDD: 711 • Email

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