Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo & Deer Farm Riding Stables

From our family to yours, we wish you a joyful holiday season!! Thanks to your support, we celebrated our 36th year in business, and we owe it all to you!!
We will be open every day from 10:00am to 5:30 pm… except we are closed Christmas Day. We hope to see you soon!

ATTENTION FRIENDS:
A new facility has opened on our secluded mountain road, with a sign that reads “Exotic Petting Farm.” This facility IS NOT the one and only Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo. We have proudly been a staple of our community for over 36 years, and we are located 1 more mile up the road past their facility.

Hi friends!! With the possibility of inclement weather and heavy snow tomorrow, please give us a call before driving out to our facilities. We aren’t sure if we will be open, and our mountainous roads can be treacherous. Please call 865-428-3337 after 10 am for an update! Stay safe out there!!

Our zoo and stables are closed today due to very treacherous road conditions leading to our property. We are hoping to reopen tomorrow if enough of the ice melts on our mountainous roads, but please call ahead beforehand to double check!

Hi friends! We hope you are staying warm out there!! Just a reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for Christmas Day. Thank you SO much for another wonderful year… we couldn’t do what we love every day without you! Wishing you joy and peace this season!

Our power is restored and we are open for business! Thank you for your patience!!

Hi friends! Our zoo and stables are closed temporarily due to the weather. We have fallen trees and no electricity. Please call before coming, thanks!

Wishing you and yours peace and joy and love this Christmas! We will be closed on Christmas Day, but we look forward to seeing you and your families on the rest of your holiday break! Thank you all for another wonderful year… we couldn’t do what we love every day without you!

We will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving, but we wanted to thank you all for your support through this fantastic year! We truly appreciate you. Wishing you a safe and joyful holiday!

We are excited to introduce our new flock to you! These 9 baby ostriches are as cute as they can be, and they are having a blast in their large pen, flapping and running and playing all day. It’s hard to believe that these little sweeties will be 7 to 8 ft tall soon! Right now, they are being fed a specialized diet (so no hand feeding from guests yet) and they are being socialized by our owner, Mr. Greg, and our zookeepers. They are on display for our guests now, and we can’t wait for you to meet them!

Hello friends! Reservations are now required at our horseback riding stables due to a heavy increase in traffic. We currently cannot accommodate walk-in riders. Please call 865-429-2276 after 10 am to check availability, as we do not make reservations online or via private message. Reservations are NOT required for our petting zoo or pony rides. Thank you soooo much for your overwhelming support this year so far! We truly appreciate you!

We are excited to introduce our first baby of the new year! This little gal is a miniature Sicilian donkey. Our zookeepers are already getting her comfortable with human touch (while mama keeps a watchful eye) and she's such a gentle girl. We can't wait for you to meet her!