Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Gatlinburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Gatlinburg
The readers mapped around Gatlinburg break down as 11 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Parkway — 4 readers
- East Parkway — 4 readers
- River Road — 1 reader
- Cantrell Circle — 1 reader
- Dudley Creek Road — 1 reader
Gatlinburg TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Gatlinburg TN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 64 other agencies.
Gatlinburg in the Sevier County picture
Sevier County has 61 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #357 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 16.7% nationally. That’s across 98,802 residents and 2,007 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 21.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (5).
Camera activity around Gatlinburg, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Gatlinburg. Latest change logged Aug 26, 2026.
What’s watching Gatlinburg
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Gatlinburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gatlinburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Gatlinburg
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Gatlinburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).