Map Showing Locust Ridge
In my Tennessee mountain home Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh In my Tennessee mountain home Crickets sing in the fields near by
from "My Tennessee Mountain Home" by Dolly Parton
arton's childhood home was in Locust Ridge, nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. A photograph of the house was featured on her album My Tennessee Mountain Home in 1973, and the song of the same title celebrated her memories of it. The location was isolated and rural, and as Parton noted in her autobiography, "I grew up poor - very poor."
(above) Detail from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and vicinity. / Geological Survey (U.S.) [S.l.], 1953. Note - Locust Ridge is highlighted in the image on this page but not on the original. Finding Locust Ridge on the Original Map
The complete map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and vicinity is substantially larger than the section shown above. If you are interested in locating Locust Ridge for yourself, the section outlined in red on the map to the left is the part detailed above. On the map, Locust Ridge is northeast of Gatlinburg and southeast of Sevierville, the two closest cities, and north of the northernmost boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near the Webb Mountains. This map was created in 1953 and shows what the area was like when Parton was a child.
Additional Maps of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Through the online collections of Geography and Map Reading Room of the Library of Congress, it is possible to view additional maps of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Please use the links below to explore further:
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