Chattanooga Guides & Things to Do
A locals' guide to every town and neighborhood across the Chattanooga metro area.
This Weekend · the Chattanooga metro area
The Weekend Lineup: August 7-9
The Cherokee Cultural Celebration at Red Clay State Historic Park runs both Saturday and Sunday -- two full days of living history, traditional arts, and C...
Read this week's lineup →- A Local's Guide to Chattanooga: The Scenic City on the Tennessee River Chattanooga is the rare city where you can paddle a river, ride a century-old railway up a mountain, and still make it back downtown for dinner — all on foot, all in one day.
- A Local's Guide to Chickamauga, Georgia: Historic Mills, a Spring-Fed Town Square, and Battlefield Country Chickamauga, Georgia is a small Walker County town beyond the famous battlefield -- built around a spring-fed square, the restored 1830s Lee & Gordon's Mills, and a Victorian main street.
- A Local's Guide to Dalton: The Carpet Capital's Downtown and Table Dalton, Georgia -- the Carpet Capital -- is a working town with a walkable downtown, a deep Mexican-food scene, and the heritage of Prater's Mill. Here's how to spend a day in it.
- A Local's Guide to Dayton: Scopes Trial History and the Laurel-Snow Trails Dayton, Tennessee is the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" town -- walk the historic courthouse, hike the waterfalls of Laurel-Snow, and grab a pint at Monkey Town Brewing.
- A Local's Guide to Dunlap: Coke Ovens, Mountain Views, and Sequatchie Valley Cooking Dunlap, Tennessee sits on the floor of the Sequatchie Valley between two flat-topped mountains -- come for the roadside overlooks and restored coke ovens, stay for real country cooking.
- A Local's Guide to East Brainerd: Hamilton Place and the Best of Suburban Chattanooga East Brainerd is suburban Chattanooga's dining-and-entertainment hub around Hamilton Place -- escape rooms, Brazilian steakhouse, and an easy day out for families and friends.
- A Local's Guide to East Ridge: Chattanooga's Border-Town Melting Pot East Ridge is Chattanooga's I-75 border town and quiet dining standout -- some of the market's best Indian and Pakistani food, deep Latin and Mediterranean options, axe-throwing, and Camp Jordan.
- A Local's Guide to Fort Oglethorpe: Gateway to Chickamauga Battlefield Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia is the gateway to Chickamauga Battlefield -- the nation's oldest and one of its largest national military parks -- plus sleeper Jamaican and Mexican eats.
- A Local's Guide to Hixson: Lakeside Living North of the River Hixson is Chattanooga's lakeside suburb on Chickamauga Lake -- Chester Frost Park for the water, and a surprisingly diverse local dining scene (Korean, ramen, Hawaiian).
- A Local's Guide to Jasper: Nickajack Lake, the River Gorge, and Marion County Main Street Jasper, Tennessee is the Marion County seat in the lower Tennessee River Gorge near Nickajack Lake -- come for the water and the historic Hales Bar Dam, stay for a genuine small-town main street.
- A Local's Guide to LaFayette: Rocktown Bouldering, the Pinhoti, and Walker County BBQ LaFayette, Georgia is the Walker County gateway to Rocktown bouldering and the Pinhoti Trail on Pigeon Mountain -- come for the rock and trails, stay for Walker County smokehouse BBQ.
- A Local's Guide to Monteagle: The Caverns, Foster Falls, and Plateau Mountain Cooking Monteagle sits atop the Cumberland Plateau with an outsized lineup -- The Caverns underground concert hall, Foster Falls, a Victorian summer colony, and the gateway to Sewanee and South Cumberland State Park.
- A Local's Guide to Ooltewah: Cambridge Square, Greenways, and a Surprising Dinner Scene Ooltewah is Chattanooga's fast-growing northeast suburb, anchored by the walkable Cambridge Square -- come for a surprisingly strong dinner scene, greenways, and an easy family night out.
- A Local's Guide to Red Bank: Chattanooga's Inner-Ring Food and Drink Strip Red Bank is Chattanooga's walkable inner-ring suburb just north of downtown -- a genuine neighborhood food-and-drink strip anchored by a hometown brewery and a deep bench of local tables.
- A Local's Guide to Ringgold: A Civil War Railroad Tunnel and Catoosa County Eats Ringgold, Georgia is a small Catoosa County railroad town with an 1850 stone tunnel, Great Locomotive Chase history, and a rebuilt downtown that eats far above its size.
- A Local's Guide to Rossville: Lake Winnie, Cherokee History, and Honest Border-Town Eats Rossville sits on the Georgia line minutes from Chattanooga -- home to the century-old Lake Winnie amusement park and the John Ross House, plus the spinning platters at Bea's family-style restaurant.
- A Local's Guide to Signal Mountain: Clifftop Overlooks, Suspension-Bridge Hikes, and Mountain Music Signal Mountain sits atop Walden's Ridge above the Tennessee River Gorge -- a hiking town of NPS overlooks, a swinging suspension-bridge trail, and a decades-old free Friday-night mountain-music tradition.
- A Local's Guide to Soddy-Daisy: Big Soddy Creek Gulf and Lakeside Country Cooking Soddy-Daisy is a lakeside town on the north end of Chickamauga Lake -- home to the regionally famous Big Soddy Creek Gulf swimming hole and a deep bench of honest country cooking.
- A Local's Guide to South Pittsburg: Home of Lodge Cast Iron and the Cornbread Festival South Pittsburg, Tennessee is the home of Lodge Cast Iron and the National Cornbread Festival -- a small Tennessee River town with cast-iron heritage, a famously haunted old hospital, and a sleeper dinner scene.
- A Local's Guide to Tracy City: Fiery Gizzard Hiking and a Century-Old Bakery Tracy City is a former coal town atop the Cumberland Plateau and a hub for South Cumberland State Park's celebrated Fiery Gizzard trail -- come for the gorges and waterfalls, stay for a bakery running since 1902.
- A Local's Guide to Trenton: Gateway to Cloudland Canyon and Dade County BBQ Trenton is the Dade County seat at the foot of Lookout Mountain -- the gateway to dramatic Cloudland Canyon State Park, on the World's Longest Yard Sale route, and a genuinely good BBQ-and-Main-Street stop.
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