Worth the trip from Collegedale: Lookout Mountain, 24 mi off
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park welcomes about 972K visitors a year. Look within 40 miles for the 18 places to visit; none is inside Collegedale. There are 5 museums, 3 state parks and 2 zoos & aquariums to choose from. The best-known trip out is to Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest, 57 mi away.
Lookout Mountain
Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
On the map, most of the 18 sit to the west.
Orange: Collegedale. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything on the list
28 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
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4Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest
United States national forest in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
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12Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Railroad museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
13Chattanooga National Cemetery
National cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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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.
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.
Hiwassee River Heritage Center
History museum in Tennessee, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Collegedale → · Collegedale’s history →
Photo credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest: Thomson200, CC0 · Amicalola Falls: Jsfouche, 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 · 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 · 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 · Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Eric in SF, 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
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