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Lookout Mountain

American  

noun

  1. a mountain ridge in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama: a battle of the Civil War fought here, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1863; highest point, 2,126 feet (648 meters).


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“Dodger Walk is envisioned as a series of switchbacks,” the report said, “inspired by the original walking path up Lookout Mountain that existed prior to the construction of Dodger Stadium.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He knows intimately the trees on Lookout Mountain, where the fire started.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Think: orange-and-gray Cumberland sandstone for the rock climbers, Lookout Mountain trail running, a half-dozen mountain bike trail networks and paddling on the Tennessee River.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

The man and boy cannot survive another winter and are heading to the Gulf Coast for warmth, on the road to a mountain pass — unnamed, but probably Lookout Mountain on the Tennessee-Georgia border.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

The next paragraphs explained Grant’s strategy of the battle: Hooker would strike at one end of the Confederate line on Lookout Mountain; Sherman would hit the other end on Missionary Ridge.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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