Lookout Mountain Battlefield Trail Map (click to enlarge)
Download the Chattanooga Unit Trail Map
SUGGESTED WEST SIDE MOUNTAIN HIKES
Sunset Rock-Cravens House Loop
(4.5 miles/3 to 3.5 hours)
SUGGESTED EAST SIDE MOUNTAIN HIKES
Whiteside Trail
(1.2 miles round trip/1 to 1.5 hours)
Shingle Trail
(1.4 miles round trip/1 hour)
Glen Falls Trail
(1.2 miles round trip/1 to 1.5 hours)
Mountain Beautiful / Hardy Trail Loop
Do not attempt to form a loop of the Whiteside, Shingle, or Glen Falls Trail by walking along the Ochs Highway. This is an extremely dangerous road with no shoulder and cars traveling along at high speeds.
TRAILS AT MOCCASIN BEND
Browns Ferry Federal Road Trail (Trail of Tears)
IMPORTANT HIKING INFORMATION
For those of you who have been to the Chickamauga Battlefield, the other unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, hiking at the Chattanooga Unit’s Lookout Mountain is a completely different experience, and not just because trails at Chickamauga are mainly flat while trails at Lookout Mountain are mountainous. Trails at Chickamauga take hikers past hundreds of monuments, tablets, and memorials. You know you are hiking on a battlefield. Trails at Lookout Mountain, with a few exceptions, are mainly scenic and for exercise, for while they certainly cross the area where the battle took place, if nobody told you about this, you couldn’t tell the difference between hiking on Lookout Mountain and hiking on any other mountain in the area. Therefore, other than experiencing the difficulty that the soldiers had when maneuvering across the terrain, most hikes at Lookout Mountain add little to the Civil War experience.
Scenic trails at Lookout Mountain Battlefield (west side trail) in the Chattanooga Unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Historic trails at Chickamauga Battlefield, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Once out on the trails, you will find that some of the intersections are not marked, so it is vital to carry the trail map with you. Fortunately, there are no unmarked side trails in the park, so as long as you have a map, it is easy figure out where you need to go. For example, if you are hiking to Sunset Rock from Point Park, from the map you know that Sunset Rock is the second intersection you should come it. Turns out that the intersection sign post no longer exists, but rest assured that the second intersection is the one for Sunset Rock. There are no intersections in between that are not on the map. As long as you are heading in the right direction you will get to your destination.
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Last updated on July 1, 2024
