The Lost Sea
Sweetwater, Tenn. - 68 miles

Turner Field
Atlanta. - 105 miles.

Fall Creek Falls
Crossville, Tenn. - 70 miles.

Six Flags
Atlanta - 118 miles

U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Huntsville, Ala. - 106 miles

Ocoee River
Benton, Tenn. - 63 miles

Carter House (Franklin Battlefield)
Franklin, Tenn. - 137 miles

Article: One Tank Wonders: THE LOST SEA 140 Lost Sea Road, Sweetwater, Tenn.

Are gas prices keeping you at home this summer? Let the Times Free Press be your guide to fun places within a day’s drive of Chattanooga.

Over the next several weeks to check out the highlights of seven family-friendly destinations within about 300 miles round-trip of Chattanooga, a distance most vehicles can reach on one tank of gas. We call them One Tank Wonders. Each week, in print and online at timefreepress.com, check out our short-hop vacation picks in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.

Today in Life (Page E1), learn about the Lost Sea, near Sweetwater, Tenn., which the Guinness Book of World Records calls America’s largest underground lake.

In coming weeks, look for One Tank Wonders in FYI Weekend. Next week: Turner Field in Atlanta. (Send your ideas and photos for other One Tank Wonders to mkennedy@timesfreepress.com.)

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