Attractions near Chattanooga: Rock City
Rock City is located just six miles from Chattanooga, TN and is just over the state line in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Rock City claims that visitors can see as many as seven states from atop the summit of Lookout Mountain: Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia. Visitors can wander through pathways with names like the Grand Corridor, Fat Man’s Squeeze and the Needle’s Eye, and also observe the breathtaking views at Lover’s Leap and Eagle’s Nest. There is a slightly swaying rope bridge—and an alternate stone path, for those who prefer walking on solid ground.
Turning these natural formations into a tourist attraction was the brainchild of the husband and wife team Garnet and Frieda Carter. Finding it difficult to advertise his roadside attraction during the Great Depression, Garnet hired a painter named Clark Byers to paint farmers’ barns in exchange for having “SEE ROCK CITY” painted on the roofs of their barns. By the 1950’s Byers had painted “SEE ROCK CITY” on 900 barn roofs from Michigan to Texas.
Frieda’s contribution to the attraction was to add whimsical gnome sculptures throughout the pathways, as well as native plant species that would turn this natural rock garden into a real garden oasis. The Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village are rock caves decorated with glow in the dark characters, and are one of the many highlights of a trip to Rock City.
Rock City is open year round, but the check the website for exact hours. Admission is $17.95 for adults and $9.95 for children (ages 3-12). For visitors wishing to spend time at Rock City or nearby Ruby Falls (a separate attraction also on Lookout Mountain), there are a number of hotels in the Lookout Mountain/Chattanooga area, including the Hampton Inn Chattanooga, La Quinta Inn/Lookout Mountain, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, and the Baymont Inn & Suites Chattanooga.
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