Chattanooga Guides & Things to Do
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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 →- Jun 15, 2026 Bluff View Art District: A Walking Guide A walking guide to the Bluff View Art District: the Hunter Museum, sculpture garden, Rembrandt's, Tony's Pasta, and what to know about the Walnut Street Bridge during its restoration.
- May 25, 2026 Date Night in Chattanooga: The Riverfront-and-Bluffs Move A Chattanooga date night is a scenic stack -- rooftop river views at Whiskey Thief, art on the bluff at the Hunter, a Bluff View wander, and dinner with a show.
- May 9, 2026 A Day in North Georgia: Cloudland Canyon to Chickamauga Cloudland Canyon, Chickamauga Battlefield, Rock City for sunset, and Canyon Grill for dinner — a full Saturday day-trip loop from Chattanooga into North Georgia.
- May 8, 2026 Memorial Day Weekend in Chattanooga — Locals' Moves
- May 6, 2026 Yes, Novels Are Set Here: Stories In and Around Chattanooga Heavy on haunted houses, grand-hotel mysteries, and Lookout Mountain -- the novels actually set in and around Chattanooga.
- May 6, 2026 A Cleveland Day Trip: Red Clay, the Ocoee, and Real Country Cooking A Cleveland TN day-trip from Chattanooga: Red Clay State Park, Ocoee River whitewater, Hiwassee Heritage Center, and dinner at Farmhouse Cleveland.
- May 1, 2026 Coolidge Park + North Shore: A Saturday Itinerary A Saturday in Chattanooga's North Shore: Coolidge Park, the carousel, Frazier Ave shops, and a sunset drink at Brewhaus or Embargo 62.
- Apr 30, 2026 Best Hikes Within 30 Minutes of Downtown Chattanooga Six trails within 30 minutes of downtown Chattanooga: Stringers Ridge, Enterprise South, Audubon Acres, Rainbow Lake, Signal Point, and Moccasin Bend.
- Apr 29, 2026 The Chattanooga Bookshelf: Books That Explain How This City Got Made How a river town became a railroad gateway, a Civil War prize, the birthplace of Bessie Smith, and a modern city -- the nonfiction shelf that explains Chattanooga.
- Apr 29, 2026 Sequatchie Valley Waterfalls: 5 Hikes Within 2 Hours of Chattanooga Five waterfall hikes within 2 hours of Chattanooga: Foster Falls, Greeter Falls, Stinging Fork, plus Fiery Gizzard and Fall Creek Falls.
- Apr 28, 2026 Lookout Mountain in a Day: A Local's Itinerary A local's itinerary for Lookout Mountain in one day from Chattanooga: Ruby Falls, Rock City, the Incline, plus the free overlooks tourists miss.
- Apr 28, 2026 Things to Do in Chattanooga & the Tennessee Valley Looking for things to do in Chattanooga? Beyond Rock City and the Aquarium, six counties of outdoor adventure, history, and day trips await.
- Apr 22, 2026 8 Writers Who Call the Chattanooga Country Home From a 1905 mountain poet to a National Book Award contender working on Lookout Mountain today, the writers who've made Chattanooga and its mountains their subject and their home.
- Apr 16, 2026 Chattanooga with Kids: A Family Day Downtown and Up the Mountain How to build a family day in Chattanooga -- the Tennessee Aquarium, the Creative Discovery Museum, the Coolidge Park carousel, the zoo, and the Lookout Mountain trio up the hill.
- Apr 9, 2026 Rainy Day in Chattanooga: Where to Go When the Scenic City Clouds Over Where to go in Chattanooga when it rains -- starting with Ruby Falls, which literally runs bigger in the wet, plus the Aquarium, the Hunter Museum, indoor climbing, and a pinball museum.
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