For the final installment of Chatter’s four-part Scenic City Backroads series, which is based on the website created by car enthusiast Eddie Rahm, we’re focusing on loops combining remote country roads with stops at lesser-known parks southwest of Chattanooga. The Pocket Loop also offers the option for a seasonal stop at a family-run Christmas tree farm to pick up a freshly cut tree.
To find detailed directions for these and other loops featuring backroads around Chattanooga, visit the Scenic City Backroads site at sceniccitybackroads.net. For turn-by-turn directions with voice cues, download the free Ride With GPS app and join the Scenic City Backroads group.
Little River Canyon Loop
Route: Beginning in St. Elmo, this route heads into Georgia and passes through the towns of Chickamauga, LaFayette, Trion and Summerville before crossing into Alabama past Cedar Bluff, Centre and Lake Weiss. In Leesburg, the route turns toward Lookout Mountain, heading up and around the western rim of the Little River Canyon National Preserve and traversing the top of Lookout Mountain before heading back down into Chattanooga.