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Lookout Mountain Georgia Map

Explore Lookout Mountain, Georgia, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lookout Mountain, Georgia

How to Use This Lookout Mountain, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Georgia or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lookout Mountain.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lookout Mountain
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Walker County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.966412
Longitude	-85.362195
Population	1,641
Density	238.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	30750
Area Code	770
County Seat	LaFayette
School District	Walker County School District

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About Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Lookout Mountain is a locality in Walker County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,641. The population density is 238.3 people per km². Lookout Mountain is located at 34.9664°N, 85.3622°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lookout Mountain is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30750.

Lookout Mountain rises as a formidable limestone promontory, anchoring the landscape with a rugged, vertical authority that defies the soft, red-clay erosion of the surrounding piedmont. It lies 6.0 miles west-northwest of Fort Oglethorpe, GA (from Fort Oglethorpe, GA: bearing 289°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-southwest of Chattanooga. Sunlight catches the sheer rock faces at dusk, turning the gray stone into a bruised violet that lingers long after the shadows have claimed the deep, silent expanse of Lookout Valley below. The air here holds a crisp, pressurized clarity, scented with the needle-fall of pines and the damp, cool exhales of the earth, while the Bluff Trail offers a narrow, winding passage along the precipice where one might trace the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains. Below the ridge, Lookout Creek carves a persistent, meandering path through the terrain, its pace dictated by the seasonal rains that sustain the lush, heavy greenery of the temperate canopy.

History clings to the stratified layers of Lookout Mountain, where the economic pulse of the region has shifted from early extraction and agrarian labor to a modern reliance on education and the quiet preservation of its natural assets. Carter Field occupies a central space in the daily rhythm of the neighborhood, providing a flat, open contrast to the steep, craggy slopes that define the local topography. Residents often seek the solitude of the woods near Prentice Cooper State Forest or the rhythmic, percussive drop of Lula Falls, where the water spills over the edge in a perpetual, cooling display. Life in Lookout Mountain proceeds with a deliberate, measured cadence, framed by the academic influence of nearby institutions and the quiet endurance of a landscape that has witnessed the slow, tectonic shifts of centuries without altering its fundamental, austere character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carter Field (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 348° N
The Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 265° W
Lula Lake Land Trust Site (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 201° S
Battle of Wauhatchie Site (New York Monument) (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 347° N
Rossville Recreational Area (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 094° E
New York Peace Monument (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 018° N
Ohio Monument (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 020° N
Moonrise (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 030° NE
Raccoon Mountain (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 345° N
Cummings Cove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 303° NW
Freedom Church (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 069° E
Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 311° NW
Tivoli Theatre (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 027° NE
Tennessee Aquarium Imax 3D Theater (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 025° NE
Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 025° NE
Central of Georgia 349 (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 035° NE
River Gallery (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 028° NE
Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 035° NE
Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 7.1 mi, 028° NE
Ayelet's Style (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 074° E
AVA Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 7.3 mi, 025° NE
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 146° SE
Cloudland Canyon State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 206° SW
Moonshine Still (Historic Ruins) — 9.3 mi, 331° NW
Craft Axe Throwing (Theme Park) — 9.3 mi, 078° E
Chickamauga Mound (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 034° NE
Indian Springs State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 090° E
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 17.3 mi, 132° SE · 752k acres
Jackson County Waterfowl Area And Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 18.9 mi, 252° W · 16k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 36.6 mi, 087° E · 662k acres

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