Mountain View Mansion - Gatlinburg Cabin

Great views with privacy (very rare), very spacious outdoors and lots of common areas and amenities make this a excellent cabin for a large family gathering. The cabin is old but is furnished with quality furniture and amenities. The balcony looking onto the Mt. Leconte & smokies is unmatched family gathering and relaxing spot, while the pool, hot tub, outdoor basketball hoop give multiple fun options to hang around for family members of all ages. Well furnished kitchens with multiple grilling options means you don't have to leave the cabin if you do not want to. A grocery store is close by if you do need to stock up. All in all, it is a gem so I would recommend booking it if you can. Now, to be a useful review - I would try to think about the things that could be a damper for somebody spending big money on this cabin for their family, 1) If the weather does not permit being outside at all, you would lose a lot of the great outdoor space this cabin has - so that could be a consideration. 2) This one a has a lot of sleeping space - but there is a lot of variety with bedrooms so make sure you have guests who are pretty close and not too concerned about comparing bedrooms. 3) The only complain I have for the management is that the jets into the pool (shown in the pictures) never worked - even after a visit from the maintenance; not something that we really got unhappy about, but still would have been more fun for kids if they worked. There it is - I would book this cabin in a heartbeat again if I have the right people to be there and enough dough to spent. If you love mountains views and have the above two things covered - book it now!!! you would not be disappointed. Thank you.

The property is great. Inside the main house is a little older and outdated, but the pool house and outdoor area is wonderful. The road up to the cabin is very narrow, but that's what gets you up to the amazing view. We did have issues with the projector in the pool house a couple times. The maintenance guy was super helpful and fixed the issue quickly; it was just annoying to have the issues. A better projector should be installed. The property also lacked enough towels. There were only 2 per bathroom. When you have a pool house, you should have a closet full so it was a little annoying to have to do a load of towels every day too. All in all super fun and we had a great time at the fire pit, pool, and admiring the great view!

Gate code worked perfect the first time, but the rest of the stay it took up to 2-5mins to get the gate to open. Hot water didn't last long for showers and bath. To much chemical in pool. Firewood on site would have been nice, basketballs were flat. Upstairs didn't seem vacuumed when we got there. Not enough towels. Driving directions were confusing, large retaining wall is not a good reference point bc the road is full of large retaining walls. A better reference would have been when the 4 lanes merges to 2 lanes take a left onto buckhorn road.

What a great way to meet up with family and spend special time together. Mountain View certainly had a magnificent mountain view and plenty of room and fun for little ones. We would visit again.

We rented the Mountain Mansion as a way to bring a bunch of our friends and children together for a winter weekend. We all have multiple children from ages 1-12. In total we had 5 couples and 13 kids. The mansion is really nice with a patios, tv's and other amenities scattered everywhere throughout the property. The home was clean and good order when we arrived. Although the stay was nearly perfect, I would only state that if you have younger kids, bring a cheap baby gate. There is a down stairs with no door from the main floor. We rented a baby gate from a local company along with a baby bed. Outside of that, everything else was perfect and I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Overall our experience with Elks Springs Resorts was great! We loved that we didn't have to go to an office before checking into our "mansion." Overall it was exactly as described.. even better in person! The pool room really makes it, without that I would never pay such a steep price. I must say though, I've been to Gatlinburg at least 8 times while growing up and I've never had a place with such a view in that area. This was completely remote, quiet, yet just 10 minutes to downtown. The place was furnished well and completely stocked, although the floors were a bit dirty when we first entered. We had some minor issues with the water in the upstairs bathrooms not working, and the pool table room's fridge/lights not working; however, we had a small group of just 6 so we never relayed this to management until just before we left. It didn't affect our trip at all. Main suggestion, please get a new projector in the pool room. We had 6 tech savvy young adults and none of us were able to get it working.. we shouldn't have to call for directions for something so simple. All in all, was a great experience, fabulous house, and great location!

We had a fabulous time! There are so many amenities you don't even need to leave the property. The pool area is to die for, and a few of us wanted to make the downstairs billiard area our own apartment. Each bedroom was very comfortable and the only complaint is that two bedrooms had to share a bathroom but we got over it quickly by playing games like cornhole and preparing wonderful meals on the array of grills provided. Everyone from the grandparents, the young adults to the toddler had a great time. Worth every penny!

Mountain View Mansion was first off...amazingly huge and had all the space we needed for our group(14). I have to say that the overall stay was great. The view was absolutely one of the best I've ever seen in my life! Pure serenity! The separate pool house with full kitchen was super fun and we found ourselves in there almost everyday having a pool party with and sometimes without the kids. So much space to chill, have family time, and alone time when needed. My only reason for the 3 for property cleanliness is because when we first walked in to go up the stairs, the first thing you notice was the painted backing of the steps were dirty.(like scuff marks/dirt marks) Not a good look for the first thing you see when walking in and the price paid. Then once upstairs to check the rooms..all were decent except one with a huge dried stain on the carpet! Last complaint would be us having to clear Cobb Webb's from a lot of places that were in common areas and kill a couple of huge spiders in common areas! We had little kids there and planned on letting them play hide and seek but opted out of that idea after finding 2 too many large spiders. I just feel like for the price the place could've been cleaner. Other than those few complaints....we still had an amazing time using the mansion. We made great memories that our families will never forget. I would still definitely recommend the property. It's simply beautiful...just need that little TLC before the next family stays there.

Great experience. Only thing is out of towners should be warned about the narrow 1 way road when driving up a mountain to get to the cabin.

Beautiful location, very remote. The pool house was great - lots of fun watching movies while in the pool. House needed a MAJOR cleaning and some updating. Not worth $6K for a week. We also had what we considered a minor security breach (someone drove up the 1/2 mile private drive, squeezed through gate, and wanted to talk to us about coating the driveway....we called the police).