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Lookout Mountain
Nat'l Recreation Area

Lookout Mountain

United States

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This trail is part of a 45 mile network collectively referred to as the Marble Creek Trail System providing access to and through the Widow Mountain Wilderness Study Area. The area has an intermingled ownership and is jointly administered by the BLM and Forest Service. The trail follows a high mountain ridge alternating between forested saddles and open, rocky mountain tops with vast scenic views. The moderate-difficult trail is 7 miles one way with elevations ranging from 5907-6789.

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Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "Last Battle of the Cherokees" in this area during the Nickajack Expedition. On November 24, 1863, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Lookout Mountain took place here.

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