Picnic and Grill sites
Picnic and Grill sites is a picnic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 526 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 1.2 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.4 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Overlook · 11 mi
- Sunset Rock · 13 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 14 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 0.5 mi
- Big Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hangliding Training Hills: 1.9 mi
- Small Hill: 2.0 mi
- Jenkins Park: 2.9 mi
- Round Top: 4.2 mi
- Fox Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Dugan Point: 7.9 mi
- Fox Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Sand Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Georgia 4th Cavalry: 10.9 mi
- 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 12.7 mi
- Wilder Monument: 12.7 mi
- Lytle Monument: 13.0 mi
- Heg Monument: 13.2 mi
- Snodgrass House: 13.6 mi
- Brotherton House: 13.6 mi
- Cravens House: 14.6 mi
- Ruby Falls: 15.0 mi
- Cannon Ball: 16.3 mi
- High Point: 5.9 mi
- Range Point: 6.2 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Street Point: 9.2 mi
- Taylor Spring: 5.0 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 10.9 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 11.3 mi
- Blue Hole: 12.1 mi
- Straight Spring: 12.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 0.2 mi
- Cherokee Falls: 0.3 mi
- Lula Lake Falls 30: 8.9 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 9.1 mi
- High Falls: 12.1 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 11.0 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 14.3 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 14.5 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 14.5 mi
- Bridgeport Depot Museum: 15.3 mi
- See Rock City: 13.3 mi
- Moonrise: 15.5 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 17.2 mi
- Resurgence I: 17.3 mi
- Resurgence II: 17.3 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 13.5 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 13.7 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 17.5 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 17.6 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 1.5 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 18.3 mi
- Battle Creek Public Hunting Area: 20.1 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 20.2 mi
- Audubon Acres: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 18.9 mi
- Battelle: 13.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic and Grill sites. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | S 178° | 659 m | 14.6 mi |
| Round Top | E 88° | 647 m | 4.2 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | N 6° | 624.84 m | 24.2 mi |
| Round Knob | NNE 16° | 601 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 216° | 591 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 217° | 584 m | 7.7 mi |
| Deerstand Hill | NW 310° | 572 m | 21.4 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NNE 14° | 569 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:21 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/837661051
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 17 mi
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