Ringgold

Aunt Effie's Restaurant

Baan Thai

Booger Branch / Tiger Creek hiking

Lesser-known Chattahoochee NF trailheads with creek-side hiking and small cascades; off-the-radar even for locals.

Caffeine Addicts Coffee Shop & Cafe

Catoosa Springs

Dolly Parton Mural

Dos Maguey's Mexican Restaurant

El Charro Bar And Restaurant

EL TRIO #2

Farm To Fork

Roomy, laid-back spot offering a large menu of classic American eats, plus a full bar with TVs.

Jefferson's

Branch of an easygoing American chain specializing in chicken wings, burgers & oysters.

Krispy Krunchy Chicken

Fast-food eatery specializing in Cajun-style fried chicken, plus wings, seafood, breakfast & more.

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne Monument

Oki Hibachi -Ringgold

Pam's Place

Patriot Hall

Rafael's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant

Ringgold Playground

Ringgold W&A Railroad Depot

The Ringgold Depot, on what is now U.S. Route 41 in Ringgold, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is a 33 by 192 feet (10 m × 59 m) stone depot built as a station on the Western and Atlantic Railroad around 1850. Its 14 inches (0.36 m) sandstone walls were damaged in the American Civil War, and repairs used limestone blocks.

Roadside Coffee Café & Grill

Sugar Chic Bakery

Quaint cafe & bakery offering housemade cakes, cookies & pastries, plus custom creations.

Taylor Ridge / Taylors Ridge Wildlife Management Area trailheads

Pinhoti Trail accesses Taylors Ridge for ridgeline hiking with views into both the Tennessee Valley and the Armuchee Valley.

The Ringgold Playhouse

The Spot Creamery

The Spot Creamery

Western & Atlantic Railroad Tunnel

Historic tunnel & site of a famous Civil War locomotive raid, offering guided tours & exhibits.

Main Street Meats

⊙36 min drive

Venue featuring a butcher shop & a modern, brick-walled American cafe for lunch, dinner & cocktails.

Lookout Mountain Incline Railway

⊙37 min drive

An 1895 funicular climbing Lookout Mountain at a 72.7% grade — among the world's steepest passenger railways — from St. Elmo's depot to Point Park, run today by Chattanooga's transit authority.

Rock City Gardens

⊙37 min drive

Garnet and Frieda Carter opened this Lookout Mountain garden trail in 1932, threading through ancient sandstone formations to Lover's Leap, where signage claims views of seven states.

Hunter Museum of American Art

⊙39 min drive

Opened in 1952 in a 1905 classical-revival mansion atop an 80-foot bluff, the museum now spans three connected buildings — the original mansion, a 1975 Brutalist wing, and a 2005 Randall Stout addition.

Ruby Falls

⊙39 min drive

A glass-front elevator drops 260 feet inside Lookout Mountain to a 63-foot underground waterfall Leo Lambert discovered in 1928 while drilling a tourist tunnel and named for his wife Ruby.

Tennessee Aquarium

⊙39 min drive

Two riverfront buildings on the downtown Tennessee River — River Journey traces water from Appalachian headwaters to the Gulf, Ocean Journey houses sharks, rays, and tropical reef life.