Outdoors
The latest Outdoors coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
More in Outdoors, page 34
-
A guide to the Chattanooga area’s 9 coolest swimming holes
Chattanooga is home to some of the most unique swimming holes ever sculpted by Mother Nature, and a quick look at some of our favorites will show you what we mean.

-
What you need to know about road closures for this weekend’s Ironman 70.3 event
The return of the Sunbelt Bakery Ironman 70.3 Sunday after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic means street closures and heavy traffic for drivers in the downtown area and along the route.

-
Ironman lifts mask requirement for Sunday’s event in Chattanooga
If a mask mandate was keeping spectators from witnessing Sunday's Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 in and around Chattanooga, that's no longer an excuse.

-
Case: No country for old men, but the turkeys seem to like it
Part of me wanted to keep going. Part of me said: "What the heck are you trying to prove? Stop and take a break, you dummy!"

-
Ironman puts Chattanooga back on schedule with 70.3 event this month
The return of athletic events in Chattanooga will include the most grueling of endeavors.

-
Case: Old-timer sheds new light on what matters most
I wanted to go back to the old days. I was driving down a back road in Virginia, tired and footsore and feeling sorry for myself.

-
Case: Snowy spring turkey hunt creates memories that will last
It's 6 a.m. and I am prying myself into an airplane seat somewhere in Illinois. I think there is no way the airline could have downsized these seats since I was here about a week ago, but it is a tight fit.

-
Case: Hunting the elusive morel mushroom is a rite of Appalachian spring
Who isn't ready for spring after the long, hard winter we just had?

-
Case: Welcome, sweet springtime and all you turkeys in the woods
I don't want to start off on a negative note, but I really do not believe all that stuff about the groundhog.

-
Case: Return of elk to West Virginia is exciting to see
A long time ago, in what is now southwestern West Virginia and Logan County, there were herds of wapiti. We are told that is what the Shawnee Indians called them; we call them elk.
