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Lookout Mountain Battlefield and Point Park; Moccasin Bend; On October 15, 1966, as with all historic areas already administered by the National Park Service, the military park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On February 20, 2003, Public Law No: 108-7 added Moccasin Bend as a new unit of the park.
The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. ISBN 0-252-01922-9. Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5. Esposito, Vincent J. West Point Atlas of American Wars. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959.
On the northwest side of Lookout Mountain, Sunset Rock is a popular trailhead and tourist stop. It is part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military State Park, the largest and oldest Civil War national park. [5] [6] Once known as Point Lookout, Sunset Rock provides a view of the Tennessee River, Signal Mountain and Prentice Cooper State Forest.
View of the town outside of Point Park Location of Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Coordinates: 34°59′47″N 85°21′3″W / 34.99639°N 85.35083°W / 34.99639; -85
National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance. The designation applies to "sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts ...
Point Park may refer to: Point Park, a portion of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee; Point State Park, in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Point Park University, a university in Pittsburgh, named after the park
Sep. 11—Chattanooga-area families gathered in Riverpoint Park on Saturday to pose for a series of family portraits. But the photos were about more than just getting a nice picture.
The railway is one of the main tourist attractions in the Chattanooga area, totaling over 100,000 visits annually. [8] The top station features an observation deck and a gift shop. Fire-damaged Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, after the December 7, 2024, wildfire (facing uphill (west) from just below Guild Trail).