Orchard Mountain View Cabins · For Our Guests

Guest Guidebook

Welcome to the mountain. Here are our tips on local services — food, drinks, gas, and other areas of local interest — plus the rider services and days out we point our own friends to.

Eat & Drink

Where our guests eat — from hand-patted burgers on Stinking Creek Road to home cooking in LaFollette, several of them reachable by side-by-side.

Katie's Carry Out & Catering

Katie's Carry Out & Catering

Home-cooked breakfast, lunch, and early suppers. Same LaFollette trail route — Ollis Creek Trail (#2) / Tank Springs Trailhead. Closes 5 pm.

Big Rock Tavern

Big Rock Tavern

Drinks, pool, and karaoke in LaFollette, via the Tank Springs Trailhead. Closes 10 pm.

State Line Liquor

State Line Liquor

A large selection of wines, spirits, brews, and Tennessee-made liquor. Reachable via Trail #12 or the legal road routes. Closes 10 pm.

Gas and ice: DTF Market on Stinking Creek Road is the closest stop to the cabin. Pilot and the TA Travel Center at Exit 141 are open 24 hours for fuel, food, showers, and laundry.

Days Out

When you're not on the trails — lakes, state parks, and a famous old prison, all an easy day's adventure from the cabin.

Norris Lake

Norris Lake

34,000 acres and 809 miles of shoreline, known for clear emerald-green water — fishing, swimming, kayaking, and scuba.

For Riders — Side by Side Services

Ride in and ride out with no trailering. Don't own a machine? Rentals are available close by. Repairs, recovery, rentals, and guided tours — the local shops and riders who keep our guests on the trails around Pioneer and Royal Blue.

Repairs and Recovery

DTF Powersports

DTF Powersports

Trail recovery, accessories, and a full-service side-by-side repair shop. They work late to get machines back on the trails, and fabrication is available.

Rentals

Ride Royal Blue ATV Resort

Ride Royal Blue ATV Resort

Polaris side-by-side rentals, 2-door and 4-door, on Stinking Creek Road across from DTF Powersports.

Guided Tours

Cumberland Trail Tours

Cumberland Trail Tours

Guided rides with Tony Ford across TWRA land — Brushy Mountain Prison, Hensley Settlement, the Sundquist Unit, Tackett Creek, and more. Meets riders at 8–9 am.

Mingo Holler Outfitters

Mingo Holler Outfitters

Off-road guide service for Tackett Creek, TN and Bell County, KY, based in Middlesboro, KY. They'll travel to meet riders staying near LaFollette, TN.

Trail permits: every machine on TWRA land needs a permit. Prices, rules, and official trail maps are on the TWRA Permits & Trail Maps page of our website.