Ruby Falls
Ruby Falls is a 63 feet tall waterfall in Ruby Falls Cave of Lookout Mountain, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The cave is commercialized with electric lights, paved foot trails, and an elevator for access.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oydman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ochs Memorial Museum and Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute.
Ochs Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ochs Memorial Museum is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Ruby Falls.
Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute
Hospital
Moccasin Bend is the site of the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute. It is located on a private area of land on the Tennessee River. It was founded in 1961 by the Tennessee State Legislature. Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Ruby Falls.
Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Ruby Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highland Park and East Ridge.
Highland Park
Neighborhood
Highland Park is a neighborhood in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It originally was a small city developed between the late 19th century and the mid-20th century. Highland Park is situated 3½ miles east of Ruby Falls.
East Ridge
Town
East Ridge is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 22,167. East Ridge is bordered by Chattanooga to the west, north, and east, and the Georgia state line to the south. East Ridge is situated 5 miles east of Ruby Falls.
Chattanooga
Chattanooga is the 4th largest city in Tennessee. It is the seat of Hamilton County. It is in Southeast Tennessee on the Tennessee River and near the border of Georgia.
Ruby Falls
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: underground waterfall within Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
- Categories: subterranean waterfall, historic district, waterfall, and tourism
- Location: Hamilton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.01873° or 35° 1′ 7″ northLongitude
-85.33929° or 85° 20′ 22″ westElevation
1,096 feet (334 metres)Open location code
867P2M96+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 84563650OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Malayalam—“Ruby Falls” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلالات روبي”
- Chinese: “紅寶石瀑布”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات روبى”
- Japanese: “ルビー滝”
- Malayalam: “റൂബി ഫാൾസ്”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ruby Falls”. Photo: Oydman, CC BY-SA 3.0.