Visit a historic neighborhood dotted with trendy boutiques, unique restaurants, local attractions and popular art galleries. The Bluff View Art District is the city’s picturesque lifestyle paradise set amidst cliff tops with winding pathways and lovely gardens overlooking the Tennessee River below. This is where locals known as “Cliff Dwellers” live, work and play!
Conservation and education naturally come together at the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center. Outdoor enthusiasts learn about a fascinating array of indigenous plants, birds, mammals and reptiles. Plus you can explore a Forest Treehouse, and travel in the footsteps of Tennessee’s early Native Americans, pioneer settlers and Civil War soldiers.
Go Mocs! The University of Tennessee men and women varsity teams hit the field, court and greens to play their best at football, basketball and golf. What’s a Moc? It’s a mockingbird and the State Bird of Tennessee. Come out and support the collegiate sports – it’s exciting!
The Tennessee Aquarium is an aquatic attraction swimming with more than 10,000 animals in tropical and marine habitats. Encounter toothy sharks, stinging stingrays, gigantic turtles and playful penguins. Positioned on the banks of the beautiful Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll drift around the largest freshwater aquarium in the world.