• Children can enjoy interactive water play centers at a water park resort.boy in waterpark image by PETER LAKOMY from Fotolia.com
  
  Located in Sevier County, Tennessee, Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and is home to ski mountains, amusement parks, class IV whitewater rafting rivers and Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies. Resorts with water parks in and around Gatlinburg provide modern lodging, on-site venues and access to thrilling water slides, wave pools, interactive play centers and tranquil lazy rivers.
  
  

Resort at Governor's Crossing

• The Resort at the Governor's Crossing offers condo lodgings that range from queen studio suites to three-bedroom condos with modern kitchens, baths with jetted tubs, gas fireplaces and televisions in every bedroom. The resort outdoor water park features an outdoor swimming pool, lazy river, children's pool, 80-foot water slide and Jacuzzi. The indoor water park has two water slides, swimming pool, lazy river, large hot tub, water-spraying umbrella, sauna and Badu swim-jets for aqua exercise. Guests staying at the resort can also go on a complimentary zip-line tour at the nearby Adventure Park, and the resort is located less than four miles from Splash Country and Dollywood.
  
  The Resort at Governor's Crossing
  
  225 Collier Drive
  
  Sevierville, TN 37862
  
  800-497-5749
  
  governorscrossing.net
  
  

Wild Bear Falls

• The Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort offers nonsmoking accommodations that include studio rooms and two-bedroom suites with full kitchens, dining areas and whirlpool tubs. Resort amenities include spa services at the Serenity Spa by Westgate, two heated outdoor pools, hot tubs, a fitness facility and a children's playground. The on-site dining venues include the Westgate Smokehouse Grill and the Mason Jar Lounge. The on-site Wild Bear Falls Water Park is 60,000 square feet in size and includes an interactive children's activity center with a 300-gallon dumping bucket, lazy river, activity pool, the Bearfoot Arcade and the 350-foot Clingman's Dome and 300-foot Laurel Falls water slides.
  
  Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort
  
  915 Westgate Resort Road
  
  Gatlinburg, TN 37738
  
  865-430-4800
  
  wgwildbearfalls.com
  
  

Wilderness at the Smokies

• The Wilderness at the Smokies Waterpark Resort offers guest accommodations at the Stone Hill Lodge Hotel and the River Lodge multiroom suites. The Stone Hill Lodge offers 240 guest accommodations with standard rooms and king executive suites that come with king- and queen-size beds and flat-screen televisions. The River Lodge offers 400 guest accommodations that range from studio suites to family and premier suites with fireplaces and fully equipped kitchens. The indoor and outdoor water parks at the resort include the Wild WaterDome Indoor Waterpark, Lake Wilderness Outdoor Waterpark and Salamandar Springs Outdoor Waterpark. The water parks have a number of daredevil water slides, tube slides, a surf rider, giant wave pool, activity pools and children's interactive play centers.
  
  Wilderness at the Smokies Resort
  
  1424 Old Knoxville Highway
  
  Sevierville, TN 37876
  
  877-325-9453
  
  wildernessatthesmokies.com