Lookout Mountain, Georgia: Rock City
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
Rock City Gardens
- Address:
- 1400 Patten Rd, Lookout Mountain, GA
- Directions:
- I-24 exits 178 (from the east) or 174 (from the west). Follow the signs for "Lookout Mountain" and "Rock City" and you'll eventually end up on Hwy 17/Tennessee Ave. Stay on Hwy 17 and, once you pass the entrance to The Incline, bear right onto Hwy 58/Ochs Hwy. This takes you up the mountain. At the top, turn left onto Mockingbird Lane/Pattern Rd to Rock City.
- Hours:
- Daily 8:30 am - 8 pm, closes earlier in the off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 706-820-2531
- Admission:
- Adults $20.
- RA Rates:
- The Best
Results 1 to 5 of 13... Page of 3 [Next 5 items]
Mountaintop attraction designed by the wife of the man who invented miniature golf. Rocks, vistas, and the psychedelic Fairyland Caverns.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/04/2008]Rock City:
For over 80 years Rock City on Lookout Mountain, Georgia, has been surprising travelers with a mix of engineered/augmented natural beauty -- and gnomes.
[03/20/2013] Complete Story...Visitor Tips and News About Rock City
Reports and tips from RoadsideAmerica.com visitors and Roadside America mobile tipsters. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip.
We saw Rock City -- delighting thousands of visitors with creepy black light fairytale dioramas (and spectacular views) for 90 years. The site also has a fabulous raptor show -- with opportunities to view raptors up close (and flying overhead).
[Jennifer Kefer, 06/26/2022]
In the depths of the Great Depression, Garnet Carter made a fortune pioneering one of the few businesses to prosper: miniature golf. His wife, Frieda, took some of his money and built an attraction on their property atop Georgia's Lookout Mountain: Rock City, which opened on May 21, 1932.
This natural showplace with its one-way Enchanted Flagstone Trail does have many immense and bizarre rocks, but its most memorable feature is at its end: Frieda's Fairyland Caverns, which abandon the real world and venture into their own wobbly realm of fluorescent fantasy. It remains the greatest black light showplace on earth - one of the original Seven Wonders of Roadside America - and is still just as weirdly alien as Frieda meant it to be all those years ago.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 05/22/2022]
Rock City is really cool and definitely worth the stop if you have time. Being able to see 7 states at once, the Lovers Leap waterfall, and the Fairyland makes this a must see!
[Logan, 08/04/2020]Page of 3 [Next 5 items]
Nearby Offbeat Places
Battles for Chattanooga: Techno-Map, Lookout Mountain, TN - 3 mi.
Ruby Falls, Chattanooga, TN - 3 mi.
The Incline, Chattanooga, TN - 3 mi.Latest Tips Across Roadside America
Catch up on the latest discoveries from the road.
Explore Thousands of Oddball Tourist Attractions!
Unique destinations in the U.S. and Canada are our special obsession. Use our attraction recommendation and maps to plan your next road trip.
