Look Out Mtn Chattanooga Tn

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We left for Chattanooga about 8am after I got home from work. Wife drove for the first 2 hours, while I snoozed in the passenger side. Man was that nice to, I slept all the way through Knoxville city/interstate hub traffic. I do remember the car lurching a few times, and wife saying some unkindly words at other vehicles while navigating through that messy suburban tangle of our modern day highways. I was wide awake after all that, and she was glad to let me drive the other couple of hours.

We checked into our Choo Choo car

nice roomy accommodations.

After a good night's sleep, we headed for a trail head up to Look Out mtn. This was another strategic area, for both sides, during the Civil war. We started at the Cravens house trail

There are lots of canons and monuments in this area

the trail was not strenuous in any way

there were huge bolders lying around, and the trail meandered amongst them

the kudzoo plant that was introduced here many years ago is out of control. It will completely engulf trees and other vegetation

there is shards of quartz, which we call dragons teeth, all over the area

there was once a hotel on this spot

accessible from top down, we are near the top of the mtn. A few stairs up, nothing compared to Grandfather mtn

on top where civil war troops had good views for firing cannons

Chattanooga to the right and moccasin bend straight down.

lots of soldiers came up here just for photo opportunities back then. If you don't feel like hiking up, you can drive and enter through this gate

lots of cannons, monuments, civil war historical markers and great views. We started our way down by a different trail

after a half mile we started questioning if this was a good idea

this stick had a blue moss, mold, or something on it. It was soft like moss

it was back to civilization and late lunch

a view from a barbecue place. Look out mtn left and Chattanooga right.