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#Chattanooga's name origin remains uncertain but ties to Native #American languages.
Likely derives from #Cherokee (Tsatanugi) or Muskogee/Creek roots, with the first part meaning "rock."
The name translates to "rock rising to a point" or "end of the mountain," referring to #LookoutMountain's prominent feature near the city.
Alternatives include "rock coming to a point," matching the landscape at the #Tennessee River's bend.
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https://www.fogolf.com/1130595/mclemore-resorts-the-keep-best-new-golf-course-2025-local-news/ McLemore Resort’s The Keep – Best New Golf Course 2025 | Local News #BALLGAMES #BALLS #EarthSciences #Golf #GolfClubs #GolfClubsAndCourses #GolfCourse #GrassFieldSurfaces #IndividualSports #Landscape #LawnGames #lawns #LookoutMountain #OutdoorSports #PlayingFieldSurfaces #PrecisionSports #SoloActivities #sports #SportsEquipment #StickSports #SummerSports #TurfSports
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https://www.fogolf.com/1130595/mclemore-resorts-the-keep-best-new-golf-course-2025-local-news/ McLemore Resort’s The Keep – Best New Golf Course 2025 | Local News #BALLGAMES #BALLS #EarthSciences #Golf #GolfClubs #GolfClubsAndCourses #GolfCourse #GrassFieldSurfaces #IndividualSports #Landscape #LawnGames #lawns #LookoutMountain #OutdoorSports #PlayingFieldSurfaces #PrecisionSports #SoloActivities #sports #SportsEquipment #StickSports #SummerSports #TurfSports
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Two #hikes this week: Wednesday was the Forest Loop at the #LookoutMountain Nature Center, and yesterday was about half of the Davis Ponds trail at #Staunton State Park.
Lookout's an old friend. Staunton was new to us, and we'll definitely be back—it's spectacular, and highly recommended. Also, Becca added a whole bunch of species to her #iNaturalist life list.
Neither was challenging by our old standards—particularly the Forest Loop, which is about the easiest #mountain #trail in the state—and both kicked our asses. It's impossible to overstate how sad and angry we are about losing our ability to look at any trail on any mountain and say, "Let's do that!"
We know how and why this happened, and we know what we need to do to get it back. Or some of it back, anyway: in our mid-fifties, with Becca's fibro, and my leg reminding me of the Big Snap, we're not going to turn the clock back to our early forties. Half would feel like a miracle.
Yeah, it's not our fault. But it's not okay.
Our goal is to enter our sixties limited by time rather than space. Let the main question about any trail be "do we have enough daylight left to finish this hike" rather than "will search and rescue have to pluck us off the mountain if we try this?" Which doesn't seem like too much to ask.
Say, Echo Lake to Lower Chicago Lake. That's a most-of-the-day hike: seven klicks out and 250 meters up, with a whole lot of up and down on the way, and you're *starting* at an altitude where most people can't live comfortably long-term. But lots of casual hikers make the trip just fine.
That used to be well within our capacity. Mountain gods willing, it will be again.
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Two #hikes this week: Wednesday was the Forest Loop at the #LookoutMountain Nature Center, and yesterday was about half of the Davis Ponds trail at #Staunton State Park.
Lookout's an old friend. Staunton was new to us, and we'll definitely be back—it's spectacular, and highly recommended. Also, Becca added a whole bunch of species to her #iNaturalist life list.
Neither was challenging by our old standards—particularly the Forest Loop, which is about the easiest #mountain #trail in the state—and both kicked our asses. It's impossible to overstate how sad and angry we are about losing our ability to look at any trail on any mountain and say, "Let's do that!"
We know how and why this happened, and we know what we need to do to get it back. Or some of it back, anyway: in our mid-fifties, with Becca's fibro, and my leg reminding me of the Big Snap, we're not going to turn the clock back to our early forties. Half would feel like a miracle.
Yeah, it's not our fault. But it's not okay.
Our goal is to enter our sixties limited by time rather than space. Let the main question about any trail be "do we have enough daylight left to finish this hike" rather than "will search and rescue have to pluck us off the mountain if we try this?" Which doesn't seem like too much to ask.
Say, Echo Lake to Lower Chicago Lake. That's a most-of-the-day hike: seven klicks out and 250 meters up, with a whole lot of up and down on the way, and you're *starting* at an altitude where most people can't live comfortably long-term. But lots of casual hikers make the trip just fine.
That used to be well within our capacity. Mountain gods willing, it will be again.
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Two #hikes this week: Wednesday was the Forest Loop at the #LookoutMountain Nature Center, and yesterday was about half of the Davis Ponds trail at #Staunton State Park.
Lookout's an old friend. Staunton was new to us, and we'll definitely be back—it's spectacular, and highly recommended. Also, Becca added a whole bunch of species to her #iNaturalist life list.
Neither was challenging by our old standards—particularly the Forest Loop, which is about the easiest #mountain #trail in the state—and both kicked our asses. It's impossible to overstate how sad and angry we are about losing our ability to look at any trail on any mountain and say, "Let's do that!"
We know how and why this happened, and we know what we need to do to get it back. Or some of it back, anyway: in our mid-fifties, with Becca's fibro, and my leg reminding me of the Big Snap, we're not going to turn the clock back to our early forties. Half would feel like a miracle.
Yeah, it's not our fault. But it's not okay.
Our goal is to enter our sixties limited by time rather than space. Let the main question about any trail be "do we have enough daylight left to finish this hike" rather than "will search and rescue have to pluck us off the mountain if we try this?" Which doesn't seem like too much to ask.
Say, Echo Lake to Lower Chicago Lake. That's a most-of-the-day hike: seven klicks out and 250 meters up, with a whole lot of up and down on the way, and you're *starting* at an altitude where most people can't live comfortably long-term. But lots of casual hikers make the trip just fine.
That used to be well within our capacity. Mountain gods willing, it will be again.
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Two #hikes this week: Wednesday was the Forest Loop at the #LookoutMountain Nature Center, and yesterday was about half of the Davis Ponds trail at #Staunton State Park.
Lookout's an old friend. Staunton was new to us, and we'll definitely be back—it's spectacular, and highly recommended. Also, Becca added a whole bunch of species to her #iNaturalist life list.
Neither was challenging by our old standards—particularly the Forest Loop, which is about the easiest #mountain #trail in the state—and both kicked our asses. It's impossible to overstate how sad and angry we are about losing our ability to look at any trail on any mountain and say, "Let's do that!"
We know how and why this happened, and we know what we need to do to get it back. Or some of it back, anyway: in our mid-fifties, with Becca's fibro, and my leg reminding me of the Big Snap, we're not going to turn the clock back to our early forties. Half would feel like a miracle.
Yeah, it's not our fault. But it's not okay.
Our goal is to enter our sixties limited by time rather than space. Let the main question about any trail be "do we have enough daylight left to finish this hike" rather than "will search and rescue have to pluck us off the mountain if we try this?" Which doesn't seem like too much to ask.
Say, Echo Lake to Lower Chicago Lake. That's a most-of-the-day hike: seven klicks out and 250 meters up, with a whole lot of up and down on the way, and you're *starting* at an altitude where most people can't live comfortably long-term. But lots of casual hikers make the trip just fine.
That used to be well within our capacity. Mountain gods willing, it will be again.
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Took advantage of an early flight and some gorgeous Denver weather and got in some hiking yesterday.
And no it is not your imagination. I was just in Colorado. 😊 Somehow february vacation and spring break have just about melded together this year.
Also saw the tail end of a brushfire on my way out of the airport. 🔥
#hikinggirl #hiking #Colorado #mountains #snow #outside #lookoutmountain
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We couldn't get the best background shot because the sun was too bright 😆
But it was such a pretty view on a little
Saturday adventure!
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The #granite slopes of #LookoutMountain drain in #streams and #rivers, punctuated by short #waterfalls like this one.
The #Sun angle was great and created a visible #rainbow effect in the lower right of the image.
Besides that, the dramatic #falls and the #ChangingLeaves in autumn help add interesting features.
The #eye is continually #driven around the image in a circle, from the stream down the falls, across the pond, up the granite slabs, and through the #foliage back to the stream. We’re quite proud of this one.
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I always enjoy my trips to North Georgia. Let’s see if this one will be the same!
