New York Monument at Point Park, Lookout Mountain.
About Your Visit
The park is open daily, including Sunday, throughout
the year. The park museum and headquarters building is at the north
entrance to Chickamauga Battlefield on U. S. 27. The museum, which has
no admission fee, is open from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. in. (E. S. T.) during
the winter, and from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (E. S. T.) during the summer. At
the museum, you will receive information concerning the self-guided
tour. Library facilities are also available here. Talks and guide
service are given to educational and special groups if arrangements are
made in advance with the superintendent.
At Point Park on Lookout Mountain, you are urged to
visit the Adolph S. Ochs Observatory and Museum. Point Park is open from
8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. (E. S. T.) in winter and from 8 a. m. to 6 p.
m. (E. S. T.) in summer. There is an admission fee of 25 cents. Children
under 12 years of age, or groups of school children 18 years of age or
under, when accompanied by adults assuming responsibility for their
safety and orderly conduct, are admitted free.
Related Areas
Also administered by the National Park Service are
two areas associated with the campaigns before and after the battles of
Chickamauga and Chattanooga: Stones River National Military Park and
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park, Marietta, Ga. Both are less than half-a-day's drive
from Chattanooga. Other Civil War areas administered by the National
Park Service are: Shiloh and Fort Donelson National Military Parks,
Tenn.; Vicksburg National Military Park, Miss.; Fort Pulaski National
Monument, Ga.; Antietam National Battlefield Site, Md.; Gettysburg
National Military Park, Pa.; Manassas National Battlefield Park,
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Petersburg
National Military Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, and
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Va.
Administration
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is
administered by the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of the
Interior.
The headquarters office for the park is located at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Communications and inquiries relating to the area
should be addressed to the Superintendent, Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
The Tennessee River and Lookout Mountain from the east.
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