Leave Sewanee for Lookout Mountain, 38 mi away
Visits to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park run to about 972K a year. With nothing inside Sewanee, the list has 15 places within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a mountain. A longer outing takes you to Ellison's Cave, 49 mi off.
Lookout Mountain
Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
Out of town, most of the 15 are to the east.
Orange: Sewanee. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The full list
You will find all 29 within 60 miles.
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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.
Stones River National Battlefield
National battlefield in Rutherford County, Tennessee; site of a Union victory in the Civil War (January 2, 1863).
North Alabama Railroad Museum
Tourist railroad and museum in Chase, 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.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Sewanee → · Sewanee’s history →
Photo credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Stones River National Battlefield: Kenneth Everett, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Huntsville Botanical Garden: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Songbirds Guitar Museum: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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