Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, including roads, park offices and the visitor centers at the Chickamauga Battlefield and Lookout Mountain, are closed due to weather, according to Sam Weddle, the park’s management assistant.
“We no longer have a major state highway through the (battlefield) park now that the bypass has become the state highway,” he said. “And the state’s effort is better focused on the bypass that has become U.S. 27.
Weddle said the battlefield portion of the park in Chickamauga received about seven inches of snow. Areas of the park on Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain likely received more, based on regional snow reports.
“Right now we can’t really get in to look because the roads are all covered with snow,” he said. “But we think that, just with the light (weight) snow, any damage to the park will be minimal.
“Until the storm is over, we won’t know for sure,” Weddle said.