Worth the trip from New England: Lookout Mountain, 6 mi off
Some 972K visitors a year come to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The town has no place on our list of its own; 18 are within 40 miles. There are 4 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a mountain to choose from. New Echota is worth a day, 42 mi from the centre.
Lookout Mountain
Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
To the northeast is where most of the 18 lie.
Orange: New England. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything on the list
Here are the 26 places within 60 miles.
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8Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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10Chattanooga National Cemetery
National cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
11Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Park preserving the battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, USA.
12Russell Cave National Monument
310 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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Little River Canyon National Preserve
14,000 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Fort Payne Opera House
Theater and movie theater in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States.
Hiwassee River Heritage Center
History museum in Tennessee, United States.
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Tennessee, US.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in New England → · New England’s history →
Photo credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fall Creek Falls: Jsfouche, 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 · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chattanooga National Cemetery: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mountain State Park: Thomson200, CC0 · Hunter Museum of American Art: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cloudland Canyon State Park: Ronmacal at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Stone Fort: Mike Finn from Worcester, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 · Chieftains Museum: Culby (talk)en:User:Cculber007, Public domain · Songbirds Guitar Museum: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Bridgeport Depot Museum: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Payne Opera House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0
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