Ruby Falls & 25 more attractions near Chattanooga
About 972K people a year visit Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 10 beyond the 8 inside Chattanooga. The mix takes in 5 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and 2 state parks. Further afield, Craighead Caverns is 56 mi from the centre.
Ruby Falls
Underground waterfall within Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
Furthest out is Fort Mountain State Park, at 37 mi.
Orange: Chattanooga. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
In town there are 8, and the list adds 18 more within 60 miles.
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3Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
4Chattanooga National Cemetery
National cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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8Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Tennessee, US.
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Russell Cave National Monument
310 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Park preserving the battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, USA.
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.
The places inside Chattanooga lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Chattanooga → · Chattanooga’s history →
Photo credits
Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), 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 · Songbirds Guitar Museum: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Craighead Caverns: Brenda, CC BY 2.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fall Creek Falls: Jsfouche, 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 · 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 · Old Stone Fort: Mike Finn from Worcester, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 · Chieftains Museum: Culby (talk)en:User:Cculber007, Public domain · 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
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