Worth the trip from Ooltewah: Lookout Mountain, 24 mi off
Roughly 972K visitors a year make it to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. No place to visit is mapped inside Ooltewah; 18 are within 40 miles. Look for 5 museums, 3 state parks and 2 zoos & aquariums. Day-trippers head 57 mi out to Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest.
Lookout Mountain
Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to go
On the map, most of the 18 sit to the west.
Orange: Ooltewah. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The places, one by one
Look within 60 miles for all 28.
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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 Ooltewah → · Ooltewah’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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