up lookout mountain - View this location on map  just six miles from downtown, you can drive up the winding road that leads to the top of lookout mountain. chattanooga, which means rock coming to a point in muskogean, gets its name from this peak. here youll find rock city (706-820-2531; www.seerockcity.com; $14.95), a 4,100-foot trail through boulders and over a wild, swinging 180-foot footbridge (dont look down), helpfully augmented by sculptures of fierce gnomes and fairy tale characters in grottolike caves, some creepily illuminated under black lights. at lovers leap, youll see seven states, a waterfall and an improbably balanced 1,000-ton rock. then drive over to the other side of the mountain to ruby falls (1720 south scenic highway, 423-821-2544; www.rubyfalls.com, $14.95), and, 1,120 feet underground, ruby falls cave. the 145-foot waterfall pours down a vertical shaft highlighted by ruby-red spotlights and recorded trumpets. New York Times 1400 patten road, Chattanooga, TN Active, Kids |