Black Bear Trail

The live wait time for Black Bear Trail at Dollywood is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Black Bear Trail queue times.

The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Black Bear Trail is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Dollywood's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Black Bear Trail has been open around 79% of Dollywood's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Dollywood.

Based on historical queue data, Black Bear Trail is typically quietest around 14:00. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.

Black Bear Trail is usually quietest on Sundays, and busiest on Tuesdays based on recent weeks - visit on a Sunday for shorter waits.

Over recent weeks, Black Bear Trail has averaged about 12 minutes, with queues usually longest around 15:00. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak queues for Black Bear Trail at Dollywood.

Over the last two weeks, Black Bear Trail has been running about 79% of the time. We track Black Bear Trail's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.

Black Bear Trail is at Dollywood - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Dollywood page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest queues right now.

Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Black Bear Trail's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Black Bear Trail is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.