Trail Of Tears
Trail Of Tears is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Bunker Hill stands 703 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
Beginning of Trail of Tears
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 14.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ross Landing City Park: 0.3 mi
- Ross's Landing: 0.3 mi
- Renaissance Park: 0.3 mi
- Coolidge Park: 0.3 mi
- Boynton Park: 0.4 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 0.4 mi
- Cameron Hill: 0.5 mi
- Raccoon Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Signal Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Elder Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Ed Johnson Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Ben's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Industrial Heritage: 0.9 mi
- Urban Renewal: 0.9 mi
- 4th Army Corps Monument: 1.8 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 1.2 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Ruby Falls: 3.1 mi
- Cravens House: 3.4 mi
- Freedom Church: 4.8 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 5.1 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 5.1 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 5.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls 40: 5.8 mi
- Julia Falls 95: 5.9 mi
- Williams Point: 4.2 mi
- Wilder Point: 4.3 mi
- James Point: 4.6 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 5.2 mi
- Signal Point: 5.4 mi
- Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum: 0.3 mi
- Houston Museum of Decorative Arts: 0.3 mi
- Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum: 0.9 mi
- Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts: 1.2 mi
- The Rhino: 0.4 mi
- Shakespeare: 0.4 mi
- In Town Gallery: 0.4 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 0.6 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 0.4 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 6.3 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 8.1 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Audubon Acres: 8.4 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 0.5 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 0.5 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 4.5 mi
- rain garden: 4.6 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 5.6 mi
- Obar Spring: 5.9 mi
- Straight Spring: 5.9 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 12.9 mi
- Taylor Spring: 14.0 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 5.6 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 8.5 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 12.5 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 18.0 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 10.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 20.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Trail Of Tears. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | NNW 332° | 703 m | 23.6 mi |
| Round Top | SSW 199° | 647 m | 16.1 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NW 322° | 625 m | 11.1 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 334° | 601 m | 7.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 355° | 595 m | 10.7 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NW 305° | 569 m | 5.9 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | W 262° | 563 m | 4.6 mi |
| The Hellican | N 2° | 562 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12294183125
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 1 mi
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