5 places in Rising Fawn · 6 more worth the drive below · the Chattanooga metro area
Rising Fawn is one of the quieter corners — here's what's here, surfaced well, plus what's worth crossing town for.
Upscale American fare, including steak, pasta & seafood, in a casually refined, warm-colored space.
Nature area with bike paths, trails, caves & waterfalls, plus campgrounds, cottages & yurts to rent.
Editor's picks elsewhere in the Chattanooga metro area, with the honest drive time. Everything here is inside the the Chattanooga metro area area — distance is just context.
⊙39 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.
⊙46 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.
⊙47 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.
⊙52 min drive
Venue featuring a butcher shop & a modern, brick-walled American cafe for lunch, dinner & cocktails.
⊙55 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.
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.
