To explore properly and truly understand the ebb and flow of the battle, the background to it and the heroism and sacrifice of those involved it is worth planning to spend more time and to travel beyond the visitor's centre around the preserved battlefield. For those with only a few hours to spare or only a general interest it is worth visiting as part of any trip to the region. The Park visitor's centre is a good way to get your bearings before starting to explore. For those interested in history in general or specifically the Civil War this is a 'must see'. This is a large well-preserved battlefield with hundreds of monuments and markers recognising and explaining the three days of intense, confused and mobile fighting. Fees paid for the Lookout Mountain battlefield site support this park. Stop 6 has a tower that can be climbed when it is open seasonally. There are bathrooms at the visitors center and stop 6. To tour the visitors center, watch the movie, and do the audio tour, will take 2-3 hours. You will also drive by hundreds of monuments and some of them are quite beautiful and impressive. At each of the marked eight stops, you can listen to a narration by dialing on your cell phone.
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Highly recommend seeing the movie to understand this complex battle that took a couple of days.Īfter touring the visitors center, follow the auto tour signs that go around the battlefield. The movie is intense and can be a little too intense for little ones. Incredible rifle collection from the 1600’s to World War I and one of the best National Park movies on a battle that I have seen. The North was able to recover after this debacle and beat the confederate forces after retreating back to Chattanooga. Battle was fought later in the Civil War and was a southern victory but a hollow victory as the South missed their chance to destroy the Union army. One of the lesser known civil war battles but a major battle, nonetheless, in the Western Theater. A must visit for any American history buffs that pass through the area. You could easily spend two days here, reading all there is to read and hiking the various trails. I spent 7 and a half hours here and probably only read about a third of the markers and signs. There are literally hundreds of monuments and markers throughout the site. Sherry, a volunteer who was manning the desk the day of my visit was pleasant, informative and helpful on getting me started on the driving tour. The orientation film at the visitor's center is as well done as any I've seen at other Civil War battlefields. I appreciate this, given that there seems to be a somewhat more slanted presentation at other historical sites I've visited. The visitor's center and site overall do a good job of just presenting the history of the battle and the Civil War at large without any bias. The only other one I've been to that is larger in geographic scope. Most people probably don't realize just how huge this battlefield is until they actually visit it.
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