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The railway is approximately one mile (1.6 km) in length (single-track except for a short two-track passing loop at the midway point, allowing operation of two cars at one time). It has a maximum grade of 72.7%, making it one of the world's steepest passenger railways. [4] It obtained Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark status in 1991.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Georgia: $10 per-person fees only required for visiting Point Park at Lookout Mountain battlefield Tennessee: Cumberland Island National Seashore: Georgia: $10 per-person Fort Pulaski National Monument: Georgia: $10 per-person Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: Georgia: $5 per-vehicle
North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park is a nearly 6,000 acres (24 km 2) state park in Hamilton and Sequatchie [1] counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, located 15 miles north of Chattanooga with the main entrance located near Soddy-Daisy.
Point Park may refer to: Point Park, a portion of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee; Point State Park, ...
When completed, the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park is to contain a core corridor of trail stretching from Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to Signal Point Chattanooga. The Cumberland Trail is designed for hikers by hikers as a sustainable single file back country hiking trail, through more remote areas of the [Eastern Edge ...
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Historical evidence indicates that Native Americans inhabited Lookout Mountain at some point. In 1823, two missionaries, Daniel S. Butrick and William Chamberlain, went to minister to them. Butrick made a journal entry on August 28, 1823, in which he described "a citadel of rocks" on top of the mountain, and noted the immense size of the boulders.
Stringer's Ridge Preservation Easement, generally known as Stringer's Ridge, is a 92 acre wilderness park located in North Chattanooga, Tennessee. [1] The ridge overlooks the North Shore, the Tennessee River and downtown Chattanooga. The trail terrain consists of rolling hills and some short steep sections.