This unique and interesting room provides a peaceful place to relax and read a good book or enjoy a good TV show in bed. The Greenbrier room has a private bathroom with a standard tub/shower for you to wash your cares away. Free in-room WiFi can facilitate all the streaming or browsing you need.
This room is affectionately named after the community where Sarah’s Dad grew up, and reflects the country lifestyle of our mountain ancestors. Sarah’s dad’s family, the Sam Ownby family, was one of the last families willing to leave the area to make way for the new Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sam farmed and ran a grist mill on Porter’s Creek.
Greenbrier was a very large community of over 135 families, several churches, schools and a hotel. It is one of our favorite places in the National Park. Several hiking trails originate in the Greenbrier area. The Ramsey Cascades’ Trail follows Ramsey Prong four miles (6 km) up the slope of Mount Guyot to Ramsey Cascades, a 65-foot (20 m) waterfall. A side-trail at the end of Ramsey Prong Road leads to the summit of Greenbrier Pinnacle. The Porters Creek Trail follows Porters Creek to Porters Flat, where it passes the Messer Barn site before ascending to a back country campsite. Many of the trails pass dozens of rock walls, chimney falls, and cemeteries.
