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Lookout Mountain
Old Wauhatchie Pike Hiking Trail
Old Wauhtchie Pike, Lookout Mountain
Directions: From Downtown Chattanooga. I-24 to Exit 178 Lookout Mountain onto TN 58 towards Lookout Mountain. Turn right on W 25th St. Travel 0.3 miles and turn left on Broad Street. Bear right onto Cummings Hwy and turn left on TN 148 Scenic Highway. Look for the Sky Harbor Bavarian Inn. Hiking trail is past there.
Old Wauhatchie Pike on Lookout Mountain reaches a dead-end at the parking lot for this approximately one-mile trail. From the 1850s to the 1920s, the road was the primary Lookout Mountain route into Chattanooga. It has superb views of Moccasin Bend, the Tennessee River, and the cityscape of Chattanooga. During the Battle for Chattanooga, this historic road was controlled by Confederates; however, it became very vulnerable to Federal fire, eventually making it virtually impassable. Denying the Confederates full use of the turnpike and railroad was the most important contribution made by the Federal forces stationed on Moccasin Bend during the fall of 1863. Downtown Chattanooga. I-24 to Exit 178 Lookout Mountain onto TN 58 towards Lookout Mountain. Turn right on W 25th St. Travel 0.3 miles and turn left on Broad Street. Bear right onto Cummings Hwy and turn left on TN 148 Scenic Highway. Follow signs to top of the mountain. The trail is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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