The summit, called "High Point", is just east of Thompsonville in Walker County, Georgia, with an elevation of 2,392 feet (729 m) above sea level.

The Noccalula Falls Park, featuring a pioneer village showcasing several nineteenth-century homes, is at the southern terminus of Lookout Mountain, in Gadsden, Alabama.

[citation needed] White water sports and rock-climbing (offering views of the Coosa River Basin) are this area's key attractions.

[5][6] Once known as Point Lookout, Sunset Rock provides a view of the Tennessee River, Signal Mountain and Prentice Cooper State Forest.

[12] During the Revolutionary War, a battle between forces of John Sevier's Washington District Regiment and those of Chief Dragging Canoe of the Chickamauga Cherokee, may have taken place on Lookout Mountain on September 20, 1782.

[13] However, a battle between militia forces under Joseph Martin, at the time Superintendent for Indian Affairs for both Virginia and North Carolina, and those of Dragging Canoe did occur there in August 1788.

[14][15][16][17] It was reported that on August 28, 1823, Daniel S. Butrick and William Chamberlain arrived at Lookout Mountain to perform missionary work with Native Americans.

[citation needed] The aptly named Summertown, on top of the mountain, was barely accessible from a small rutted turnpike which had been built in 1852 by Colonel James A. Whiteside.

Naturalists who came to the area and visited the summit, such as Bradford Torrey, thought the cottages spoiled the environment and made it look like a cheap resort.

[18] After the Union forces under Major General Joseph Hooker took over the mountain, Linn gained access to Sunset Rock (then called Point Lookout).

[citation needed] In December 1863, he and his brother began taking photographs of many war commanders and officers, as well as wealthy civilians in the area.

Lookout Mountain's shape and location can in some conditions cause a unique weather phenomenon in the area: after dawn, fog will sometimes descend from the cooler mountaintop and stop about halfway down.

[citation needed] When cases of Yellow fever began to increase in the United States, the Chattanooga population believed that the city was immune to any possibility of an epidemic because of its mountain climate.

[citation needed] The twentieth century saw some wealthy businessmen settle permanently on the mountain, but its attraction as a tourist destination also grew.