Worth the trip from Menlo: Lookout Mountain, 27 mi off
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park welcomes about 972K visitors a year. None of our places to visit is inside Menlo; 16 are within 40 miles. There are 4 museums, 2 state parks and a mountain to choose from. Further out, Etowah Indian Mounds is 46 mi away.
Lookout Mountain
Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
Most of the 16 out of town lie to the north.
Orange: Menlo. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
Everything here is within 60 miles, 32 places in all.
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9Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
10Chattanooga National Cemetery
National cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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12Russell Cave National Monument
310 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
13Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Park preserving the battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, USA.
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Little River Canyon National Preserve
14,000 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.
Janney Furnace Park
Park surrounding a stone furnace in Ohatchee, Alabama.
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Tennessee, US.
Fort Payne Opera House
Theater and movie theater in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States.
Mort Glosser Amphitheater
Open-air theatre in Gadsden, Alabama, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Menlo → · Menlo’s history →
Photo credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: TVSRR at English Wikipedia. Photo by Jason Trew /TVSRR, Public domain · Chattanooga National Cemetery: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hunter Museum of American Art: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tellus Science Museum: Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mountain State Park: Thomson200, CC0 · Cloudland Canyon State Park: Ronmacal at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Noccalula Falls Park: Thejammer (talk), Public domain · Booth Western Art Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History: Unknown, Attribution · Chieftains Museum: Culby (talk)en:User:Cculber007, Public domain · Savoy Automobile Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Songbirds Guitar Museum: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Janney Furnace Park: dofftoubab, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Flight: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roselawn Museum: Amesmultimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridgeport Depot Museum: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Payne Opera House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mort Glosser Amphitheater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
