Such an amazing part of American history. This battlefield, Americas first national battlefield, is huge. Great roads for biking, many trails for hiking/walking. There is an almost overwhelming amount of information displayed on plaques throughout the property.The visitors center is also nice - and staffed with knowledgeable people. The small museum is neat, as well as the little movie you can see in the theater. Also housed in the visitor center is the Fuller Firearms Collection - a pretty neat collection of long guns that shows the evolution of them from the 1500s through 1920 or so.

Really nice! Really well taken care of. Nice trails, not much elevation change but nice changes between different landscapes, woods, fields, boggy swamp areas. Obviously lots of great historical markers and signage and monuments that are very interesting but I think the fields are my favorite, sprawling wide open Fields that are well maintained with great vistas.

Monumental amount of history here. Almost seems haunted. You suddenly understand the huge number of lives lost,... wasted; but you understand why and it makes you think.We intend to have many more visits as to try and take it all in.The museum was closed when we got there but we feel like we must see it.

A very nice drive to tour with audio and pics on a website. You dont even have to get out of the car if you dont want to.

Beautiful park and lots to see and learn. Worth a trip to go see.

This place is fantastic for biking or hiking trails. Theres more than 20 miles of quiet roads to explore, though there main ones can get a bit busy.Theres meadows and forested areas, most of the roads have a bike/jogging lane.Theres a tour route you can follow with a radio guide.

It’s pretty. Yes, there are monuments. It’s historic. Yes, there are trees. Yes, there are deer. Tons of them. There’s also about 10,000 acres of nature, so when someone has picked their own little enclave and are vibing and enjoying said nature, try not parking your humongous family van/SUV right next to them. Social distance. Give some space.Also, there’s really no reason to ever completely stop your vehicle in the middle of the road and block traffic to look at the deer - you WILL get honked at. Enjoy!

The National Park Service maintains a beautiful park here. The driving tour is incredible. So PROUD to actively support our National Parks.

This place is so informing about the history of our country!! Loved it!! Absolutely beautiful place!

I absolutely recommend coming here because you get to see in real life what you read in the text books at school. There are so many monuments and historical sites

What a awesome place. Make sure you have plenty of time to see everything

Good for older folks wanting to drive around and see a deer or two. Walking, bike and horse riding are popular here, too. Hiking trails and maps need improvement.

Beautiful place. Amazing history. Right in my backyard. 34,000 dead soldiers over 2 days. Biggest battle outside of Gettysburg. I never knew.

Acres of walking trails. Both wooded and open trails. Pets welcome. Awesome hidden picnic area.

Lots of history and flat and good places to walk, run and ride a bike. Good tours as well if you want to follow the history tours and see the monuments

Cool way to go back in time. You can walk or drive the park. Call the phone number on the locations and hear at the battle at that location on the grounds.

Pristine and well preserved park. The visitor center offers a 30 minute video to give visitors an overview of the battle and events that took place there. A tour with cell phone audio guides takes you through the battle step-by-step.

This was a wonderful experience that we did on our own without a map or tour guide. We just followed the signs and got out when we wanted to explore. We saw wild deer in the fields and found a tree branch that had been destroyed by carpenter ants and had likely just fell! I think we may have picked up a tick there but I flicked it out the window. Awesome building we climbed to the top. Interesting to think that a war went on right where we were walking and that they died there. Sacred ground. Peaceful now and may we remember the sacrifice.

Make sure you stop into the museum area. The collection of rifles they had was amazing. There had to have been hundreds starting in the 16-1700s. We also downloaded the national parks service app and then did the driving tour with it. It was great to learn so much stuff that you would not have without the app/radio. You really got a feel to how monumentally huge the battle was with the app and it taking you to different locations. We only planned for about 2 hours for this location and I wish we had planned longer. In the future we will go back and check out some of the hiking and walking trails.

One of the best battlefields out there to visit! Plan on spending a few days here to see everything, including Point Park at Lookout Mountain. Start at the Visitors Center and view the 30 minute film. They also have excellent displays as well as a decent book shop. The Park Rangers are always friendly and helpful.

A beautiful and well kept battlefield the visitors center is a must see and I recommend you get out and walk the battlefield so you have the complete experience

Absolutely beautiful land. The best walking trails and hiking anywhere. The history surrounds you and is rich in details of the fateful battle. You will not be disappointed.

Its beautiful and you can really learn alot about history.

Very awesome, make sure you do your research before coming or else you will be clueless on the site. One thing i would like to see them do is reconstruct the houses, and buildings where they accually were at. Instead of a sign saying this building was here. I highly recommend everyone going here.

A salute to those who maintain our national military parks!! Use your cell phone to prompt recordings at each numbered spot --- instant immersion! You hear the narration, you hear the sounds --- suddenly I thought I could see soldiers! A lens through time.... what an incredible experience!

Its open and a great way to enjoy the outdoors and stay socially distant as you drive thru the Historical Battlefield. Plus the bathrooms are open for use. Deer and turkey are out and about also.

During this coronavirus craziness were looking for things to do that are outside. This is an excellent place to go for a bike ride. There are historical trails with markers that has very little vehicular traffic. And the roads a sign from the trails dont have that much traffic either. You can get in a 10 20 30 mile ride and enjoy the entire experience.

A beautiful, peaceful, place to visit! Lots of wonderful wildlife too.

So much history! The welcome center has a 20 minute movie that is a must see. Also has an awesome gun collection. A driving tour at your leisure is very well marked and set up for activation from your phone for details about each site. Heaps of photo opportunities. Everywhere you looked in the distance there was a monument.

Ive been here many of times, mostly as a child riding around with my grandmother. I came here around early November to do a ghost hunt with YouTubers Paranormal Security 9886 And DaTaco. Go check out these guys if your into that. We did catch some whispers at the bottom of the tower. There has also been I believe 3 suicides at this tower since early 1900s.

Always a nice quiet place to get away. Good hiking.

We needed more time. We will come back to do the drive through self guided tour and go to the top of Lookout Mountain.

Incredible National Landmark. Put it on your bucket list!

Wonderful solitude in many areas. Great walk through some of the most important history of our nation

Love the Hiking trails. Great Visitor Center wonderful staff

First off, thank you Claud and Zenada Fuller for your donation. Everyone check out the Fuller Gun Collection. Good way to spend an hour. Our country is truly amazing where you can visit the entire site, the visitors center for free. They have a well directed movie about the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga and the Park has multiple locations besides the major battlefields. May we all learn from their sacrifices. If you can go, go visit it and appreciate some history.

This battlefield is beautiful and Im so thankful it has been preserved

Took a self guided driving tour and it was fantastic. There is a call in line to listen to the tour as you drive and make it to specific spots. However, a guided tour would likely be significantly better and more personal. We spent over an hour here driving around, walking to monuments and memorials, and taking in the scenery. Plan to spend a few hours to all day. There are picnic areas as well, so make a day out of it!

Really nice to walk around and see the history. statues and monuments were really nice to see and take photos of.

Love the trails. It was a breath of fresh air after being stuck in the house with this Covid 19 problem. Hardly anyone there and we loved to see nature take over the park for a little while, due to no one cutting the grass and fields. It was a more relaxing hike in nature to see it all natural again.

Wonderful place to walk, explore the history of the park, bicycle, jog, picnic and more!

Biking paradise! Bike through miles of flat, shaded road while experiencing the reverence of the beautifully maintained battlefield memorials. Literally hundreds of monuments throughout the park. Bathrooms on site make this a great place for families and extended outings with friends.

Great drive with a world of history. Jeff Mullins Photography Adventures. Happy Hiking!

Great ride. It can be a little busy with other cyclists and pedestrians, but its fairly flat and picturesque.

Such a beautiful day outside. Walking through the park with the kiddos takes your mind off all the hardships weve had so far this year, even if for a lil while.

Starting in 1890, during the decade, the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the first four national military parks: Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Shiloh, Gettysburg and Vicksburg.The first and largest of these (5,300 acres or 2,145 ha) and the one upon which the establishment and development of most other national military and historical parks was based, was authorized in 1890 at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was officially dedicated in September 1895.[5] It owes its existence chiefly to the efforts of Generals Henry V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Derveer both veterans of the Union Army of the Cumberland, who saw the need for a federal park to preserve and commemorate these battlefields.[6] Another early proponent and driving force behind the parks creation was Ohio General Henry M. Cist, who led the Chickamauga Memorial Society in 1888. Another former Union officer, Charles H. Grosvenor, was chairman of the park commission from 1910 until his death in 1917. During the Parks early years, it was managed by the War Department and used for military study as well as a memorial. The National Park Service took over site management in 1933.[7]Use during the Spanish–American War

Wonderful way to learn history

Beautiful area. Spread out. Lots of walking.

Beautiful park with excellent interpretive self guided car audio tour. Highly recommend you stop at the visitor center at the start and watch the 25 minute movie about the battle. The center has excellent displays and historical details.

Chickamauga is a great place to go to see our history laid out right where it happened. Hundreds of markers and memorials to tell the story of one of the largest Civil War battles.Peaceful and serene, it just does something to you.

I loved walking there and so did my dogs. Its clean. Calm environment. Great for walking, jogging and biking. We will definitely come back.

Some good walking trails! Could use some better access to them that dont involve almost getting hit by cars. Also, didnt see that ghost.

Beautiful National Park unit that commemorates an important battle. Great place to drive, bike, walk, and explore the hundreds of memorials & monuments on the grounds. Definitely a great place to bring family and kids and learn about the important Civil War battle that took place here.

Great place to explore and get lost. Its fun to just be out there.

A great place to learn about history and play Pokémon Go at the same time.

Incredible historic site. Very well maintained and mapped out. Restrooms are scarce so heads up.

A huge national park that one can explore for several days. Be sure to watch the award winning video that is shown in the Visitor Center before venturing out to explore the park.

Always love walking through the battlefield!! Love the history..

Beautiful and well maintained park. Has paved side roads which are secluded with nature and very wheelchair accessible. My friend felt like she was hiking the trails herself!

Really neat Civil War park. There are markers on a driving trail to see where Confederate soldiers and Union soldiers fought. During the drive there is a stop you can climb a tower for a beautiful view of the area. It gets dark in places so watch your step! The visitor center has a lot of information for history buffs. There are canons out front and a whole very large gun collection inside that my husband took his sweet time looking through.

Loved it, if your a history buff this is a must visit.

Clean grounds with lots of historic monuments and trails. The visitors center has educational movies and relics.

This Historic Battlefield has so much to offer! It has a wonderful history/visitor center. There are several trails for biking, running or walking. There are so many monuments to explore. There is even a driving tour you are able complete and listen to points of interest through an app.If you stop by here, male sure to visit Wilder Tower to see the amazing view of the battlefield and surrounding mountains.This is one of my favorite places to take a stroll and enjoy nature. Definitely worth a little drive to explore some history.

Hey what can I say..... after 27 plus years Im back home. I have always loved this place. Great place to grow up and live in.

Very informative visitors center with an incredible display of 250+ shoulder arms used in the Civil War, a theater that showed a 25 minute movie highlighting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga battles and their significance in the outcome of the war, and a great gift shop. Very friendly staff. Dont miss it!After the visitors center, we did the auto tour. My 9 and 11 year old sons loved it.

Our family used to come here fairly often when we lived in Chattanooga and then in Rossville. The Chickamauga Lake was where I first learned to swim. Its a wonderful look back into history and also a good place to enjoy the outdoors.

Lots to see and tons of details everywhere. Add the massive firearms collection in the museum and one could spend the whole day and not see it all.

Always a terrific place to spend time outside. My dog loves it! Just park and start walking.

It is amazing, u really need all day to soak it all in .

Easy self-guided tour around the park. You can call a number for audio guide as well. Lots of little trails to explore and dog friendly!

If you enjoy history and cemeteries this is a must visit.

Its good_we had a great time had a great family time

An awesome place and piece of history!!! If history is not remembered! It will be repeated!

This is an amazing battlefield park. The museum movie is a must. The car tour is easy to navigate, and after the movie it helped to visualize the battle. There are a plethora of monuments, more than any other park I have been to. Some are unique such as the tower you can climb up.

A fantastic Civil War historical park. Excellent visitors center with great displays and an amazing rifle collection. The video presentation sets a great tone of what happened here. I opted for a cell phone self guided tour. You drive from spot to spot and dial in the tour stop number and you listen to great explanations of events as you are standing right on the ground where it happened. Amazing and humbling.

An incredible place. Awesome views. Lots of markers explaining specific history along with a lot of nice memorials.

A little different than 49 years ago. Some of the streets are closed. But its still standing strong ️

Our family had the best time here. Weve been twice!! History and nature, all in one place. You can drive, park and then walk on different paths.

Huge gun collection. Some many large memorials

This was the largest battlefield in the Civil War, and the 2nd bloodiest battle. We did the self guided tour, with a map, and our cell phones to listen to points of interest. It was a bit of a let down for me. I dont know what I expected, but whatever it was, I didnt get it. Maybe it wouldve been better if wed been there earlier in the year, and wed taken a Ranger guided tour. Will try this one again maybe next year.

Absolutely a beautiful place, loved the fact we keep places like this preserved. Posters in the visitors center are definitely available in anyone budget. I got a Gettysburg Address poster for just $5.50!! I love this place!

Fantastic place to visit, and if you get a tour its even better.Youll be able to visualize the entire battlefield of Chickamauga, which is way larger than it seems. I was absolutely floored by just how massive the actual battlefield was.In addition, the tours will tell you how the battle itself went, what decisions determined the outcome of the battle, and how this battle led to the battle of Chattanooga.This place is well worth the visit, and definitely deserves more than 5 stars.

This park really puts into perspective the magnitude of the battles.

Love going to the Battlefield Everytime I visit Georgia. This time I took my 2 oldest granddaughters. Awesome when you can take your kids and grandkids back to places where you grew up that holds a special place in your heart.

One of the best days ever, the preservation of our civil war is astonishing

Great place for both Southern.and Northern History.

Wishing we could have gone inside, but museum was closed. Do the tour very good.

This place is awesome. I havent been here since I was a child and just remembered it as the place with cannons and a few battles were at.... well my thoughts have been totally change. They have a phone guide tour with signs that make it so easy to follow. It was a joy and my 4 and 8yr old loved it. Great job making history fun!

Just a quick visit but lots of monuments & plaques for a ton of information & history. A great tree canopy & side roads & paths.

Beautiful place with great trails to walk your dog

Its fascinating yet tragic to go to a Civil War battlefield. To see where countrymen fought and killed one another. There are many memorials there and you can visualize the battlefield. It makes me sad to think that it could have and should have been avoided. I think its a good thing for any American to do.

So worth the drive, to walk through and be on the grounds of history. Its very moving. Its a lot to take in. Its beautiful yet heart breaking at the same time. If you are stopping by the surrounding area for a visit, definitely make your way over here. Its free, its educational, its moving!

The perfect place for a long walk. Lots of trails and old trees. Beautiful at sunset.

Great trails and very scenic. Very easy to spot deer as well since theyll walk almost right to you. Fantastic place to go hike / walk with your dogs.

A pleasant place to walk about and steeped in history with no admission charges. If civil war history is something of interest to you I highly recommend making a point of visiting.

Great place to enjoy the outdoors with family and or pets.

So much history! They also have a self guided driving tour for the people who cant get out and walk the whole area.

If you havent seen this incredible memorial to the soldiers of both the North and the South, you should. Stretching on for miles there are hundreds of stones engraved with names, and placards describing the battles. Fascinating, and so sad to think our country was so split. Amazing work of survivors and their families to help make this tribute reality.

Some of the paths to the monuments were overgrown, but it was a wonderful experience and a great stop for Chattanooga

It was bigger than I thought and very interesting.