Summer Programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Date: May 25, 2013
Contact: Kim Coons, 423-752-5213 x139

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites you to take part in summer programming occurring at Chickamauga Battlefield and Lookout Mountain Battlefield. Programs for the summer begin June 2 and end mid-August. The Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center will be open from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. There are several different programs to choose from over the course of the summer.  

At Chickamauga Battlefield, visitors can join a park ranger for a car caravan tour of the battlefield, stopping at various locations to discuss how the battle unfolded around them. Additionally, visitors can find a park ranger dressed as a Civil War soldier stationed at Tour Stop #6, the Wilder Brigade Monument on Fridays and at the visitor center on Sundays. 

For those visitors wishing to hear the roar and smell the smoke of a reproduction Civil War cannon as it is fired by park crew members, they may do so at Chickamauga Battlefield on May 26, June 29, July 20, and August 24. These living history programs will take place adjacent to the visitor center. 

At Lookout Mountain Battlefield, visitors can join a park ranger on a guided tour of Point Park, where they learn about the desperate fighting on the slopes of the mountain. Visitors may also participate in Civil War living history programs inside Point Park on Saturdays. Tours of the Cravens House, on Lookout Mountain, are available for visitors to enjoy on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. In addition to touring the house, visitors can learn about the area where some of harshest fighting of the "Battle Above the Clouds" took place. For those visitors on Lookout Mountain wishing to participate in a program where a reproduction Civil War cannon is fired by park crew members, they may do so inside Point Park on June 8,  July 4, and August 3. 

For more information about programs, including specific times, at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, contact the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at [phone] or the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center at [phone].