Cloudland Canyon State Park
Cloudland Canyon State Park is a nature reserve in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 580 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic and Grill sites, a picnic site 1.5 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway runs past it. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Overlook · 10 mi
- Sunset Rock · 12 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 13 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 1.6 mi
- Big Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hangliding Training Hills: 3.2 mi
- Small Hill: 3.3 mi
- Jenkins Park: 3.7 mi
- Round Top: 2.8 mi
- Dugan Point: 7.8 mi
- Tatum Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Fox Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Lawson Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Georgia 4th Cavalry: 9.4 mi
- 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 11.2 mi
- Wilder Monument: 11.3 mi
- Lytle Monument: 11.6 mi
- Heg Monument: 11.7 mi
- Brotherton House: 12.2 mi
- Snodgrass House: 12.2 mi
- Cravens House: 13.6 mi
- Ruby Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cannon Ball: 14.9 mi
- High Point: 4.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Range Point: 6.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Street Point: 8.8 mi
- Taylor Spring: 4.8 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 9.4 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 10.3 mi
- Straight Spring: 11.2 mi
- Blue Hole: 11.6 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 13.0 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 13.2 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 13.4 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 14.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 1.7 mi
- Cherokee Falls: 1.8 mi
- Lula Lake Falls 30: 7.7 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 7.9 mi
- High Falls: 11.0 mi
- See Rock City: 12.1 mi
- Moonrise: 14.4 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 16.1 mi
- Resurgence I: 16.2 mi
- Resurgence II: 16.2 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 12.6 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 12.7 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 16.5 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 16.6 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 17.2 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 18.8 mi
- Audubon Acres: 18.9 mi
- Battle Creek Public Hunting Area: 20.8 mi
- Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 20.8 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 17.4 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 21.9 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 24.5 mi
- Battelle: 14.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cloudland Canyon State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | S 184° | 659 m | 15.1 mi |
| Round Top | E 94° | 647 m | 2.8 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | N 3° | 624.84 m | 23.7 mi |
| Round Knob | NNE 13° | 601 m | 22.2 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 222° | 591 m | 9.6 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 222° | 584 m | 8.9 mi |
| Deerstand Hill | NW 307° | 572 m | 22.3 mi |
| Elder Mountain | N 10° | 569 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:56 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga 2 SW, 8 mi away.
- sharp-lobed hepatica79 obs
- mountain laurel76 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum74 obs
- Carolina sweetshrub71 obs
- partridgeberry69 obs
- Christmas fern65 obs
- American cancer-root62 obs
- Halberd-leaved violet58 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/318663005
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 16 mi
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