Exploring Cloudland Canyon State Park (Georgia)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Welcome to Cloudland Canyon State Park! In this video we’re exploring Cloudland Canyon State Park right outside Chattanooga, Tennessee atop Lookout Mountain. We end the day eating, in what we believe to be the best pizza in Chattanooga at Lookout Mountain Pizza Company.
Some of the best outdoor adventures in Georgia are located at Cloudland Canyon State Park. From their amazing waterfalls to the best hiking in Georgia at a Georgia state park! The hike down to Cherokee Falls and Hemlock Falls is a must, and the west rim trail hike is one of the top 50 hikes in the U.S.! If you're planning a trip to or traveling through the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, definitely plan a day at Cloudland Canyon!
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00:00 Introduction
01:18 Goodman Coffee Roasters
02:03 Arriving to Cloudland Canyon State Park
03:58 Hiking at Cloudland Canyon State Park
10:57 Lookout Mountain Pizza Company
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Cloudland Canyon State Park
122 Cloudland Canyon Park Rd.
Rising Fawn, GA 30738
706-657-4050
gastateparks.org/CloudlandCanyon
GPS: 34.8171, -85.4884
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== A B O U T U S ==
Hey y'all! We're Chris + Sara (or as you know us, Let’s Be Us), a husband and wife digital nomad travel duo currently working and traveling full time with our pup, Kramer. We've always dreamed of traveling full time, and in May of 2018 we took the leap and made it happen! Today we're balancing work and fun everywhere between the Pacific and Atlantic. From hiking and cycling to tacos and coffee, we're trying to see and experience as much of this world as we can! While our home is currently on wheels in our DIY Sprinter van, our travels take us all around the world.
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As a 15 year resident of Chattanooga I always see something new and interesting to explore on your channel!!! Thanks for being great ambassadors for our lovely little city.
hey there neighbor! Thank you that means a lot!
Thank you guys fo coming! It was a please serving you; once y’all left I recognize both of y’all and pulled your channel to show everyone I’ve been subbed for like 5 months now! I hope you enjoyed your time!
Oh wow that's amazing! Thanks for the great service and for watching!!
My wife and I are both local business owners in Elkhart, Indiana and have talked wistfully about moving or getting a 2nd home in Chattanooga. I've always really liked the region and your videos are helping my wife see why. ;)
Thanks for the memories! Went there often when our kids were at home. Now in our 70s are unable to hike. So enjoy going on your adventures with you.
I love this comment!
Thank you for joining us on our hike via video 😊
Very pretty hike. Sara you look lovely with you hat on.
Thank you!
We just explored the same hike and pizza at Lookout Mountain! LOVED it!! Thank you for turning us on to it. We are planning to go back in the Fall and hike the West end trail and stay in a Yurt!!! Very beautiful!
Yay so glad you enjoyed it! Enjoy the next trip, sounds amazing!
You ROCK the hat! Wear it proudly. I'm a redhead and appreciate people trying to avoid skin cancer.
Thank you!!
Sara, loved your song choice of "Peace like a River".
Also, Sara, you look so cute in your hat. The hat reminds me of a Park Ranger hat. You'd make a beautiful Park Ranger. Gotta take Geology though....😱
Chris, have you ever looked into one of those cooling cloths? You wet it, shake it, and put it around your neck. To re-cool the cloth you just shake it in the air a couple of times. They are great. Not too expensive. The cloth is a Frog Togs Chillling Pad.👍
Oh, the hubbie and I are doing better. I saw a ENT, I might be having sinus surgery, 😱😱😱
Thank you! We love that song, and you're right the hat does look like a park ranger hat! Glad to hear that you and your husband are doing much better!
Love this place
i work on land that backs up to cloudland canyon and have lived on signal mountain my whole life! it makes me so happy to see y’all love chattanooga
Wow that's amazing! We do love it here so far!
Pie Slingers in Rock Spring. Da bomb!
Beautiful thanks for sharing the area
Thank you for watching!
Love your channel so much. Long time viewer, never commented. I'm from Georgia and live in Nevada now. Seeing these videos makes me miss the south so much. Thank you for sharing your life and adventures with the world!
That's so kind, thank you for watching!
GEORGIA IS AMAZING YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK .
Sara, I love your new hat. I'm a hat person and wanted to tell you that last year I found a wide-rimmed hat with a hole just above the rim to pull your ponytail through. It's great to get my hair off my neck when hiking or gardening.
Thank you! That sounds like a perfect hat!
Awesome video! Love that place. Thanks for watching this
Being born and raised in the Atlanta area, I know all to well the struggles of the humidity. Which why I love it here in the PNW now. I could absolutely feel the humidity watching y'all hike ... and it's only May.
Wow, every time I watch your videos, I love your music. Judah and the lion, Drew holcomb, Ben rector, and all the other music choices you have are phenomenal.
Thanks so much, great music taste!
I like the new bangs.
Thank you!!
That looks like a beautiful place. I am adding it to our trip list for sure. Maryland has that great combo of western mountains and eastern beaches too. We live in a wonderful country. Thank for sharing your neck of the woods with us.
We highly recommend adding it, you'll love exploring there! Thanks for watching 😊
Love the Lookout Pizza ....The Stella and the Maria, also the dessert.puzza is awesome...also love Pie Slingers in Rock Spring....Philly cheesesteak is the best
Next time you're there try Canyon Grill right across the street from Lookout Mountain Pizza. Literally and without exaggeration, the best steak I have ever had. Warning though...it's not cheap, but worth every penny.
That's on our list to visit still! We've heard nothing but amazing things about that place!
Yall got to visit Little River Canyon south of Cloudland off of I-59 near Fort Payne, AL. "The Spot" is a great coffee/sandwich shop in Fort Payne. Also see Desoto Falls & drive through Mentone, AL.
Funny you should Mentone because it's been on our list for a while now! :) Definitely adding the other suggestions to our list, too. Thanks so much!
Never would have guessed that hike was in Georgia!
Right?! Georgia always amazes us! :)
indiana sara! another lovely video, keep having fun chris and sara
AMAZING!!!
It’s so beautiful there!
love lookout mountain
It's so beautiful!
Went there as a child the same time we camped at Guntersville.
Good to see the Amish are now included in your videos....
My family and I are planning to move from Arizona to Chattanooga next summer and your videos continuously help me renew my excitement for moving to such a fun and gorgeous area.
That's so great to hear, we love living here and hope you will too!
This brought back SO many memories for me!! I hiked there so many times growing up. Beautiful video!
Thank you for watching!
I’ve been going to Cloudland Canyon for years! Love it!
I love the TZ ToT in your intro!
Thank you Chris and Sara. We drove all the way from Miami, FL to Cloudland Canon State Park. We can't wait to come back. Next time we'll fly to Nashville, TN and drive down to Cloudland Canon via Chattanooga, TN. Great trip and it's time to head back to Miami.
Six hundred steps up and a one mile drive in five minutes. . . LOL! You kids and Kramer rock.
😂 Thank you!
I never knew Georgia had all these awesome places to visit!! Embrace the hat🤙🏻
I know right? So many amazing places to visit!
There are many beautiful in northwest Georgia and also northeast Georgia.
And that pizza looks amazing
The quality of the new camera definitely shows! Great video!
We agree, we love it!
Great video
Thanks for watching Laura!
Of course you guys have proper music taste, too! Got the NEEDTOBREATHE in there.
Of course! Thank you!
Good hiking and great pizza sounds like a perfect day to me!
It was pretty close to perfect!
We like Community Pie in Chattanooga so we will need to try this place!
We definitely recommend!
Thank you! We’ll be having pizza next trip there!
You need to! Well worth the stop.
Beautiful park! That’s a lot of steps! That’s how it was here in Hilton Head. Was a beautiful spring & poof it’s hot & humid summer. I like the hat Indy! 😊
Ugh I know, the humidity has been crazy!
Amazing views! Another great video. Also, it’s a good idea to follow up pizza and beer with ice cream. Especially in the summer. 😀
Thank you, we totally agree!
WOW! Thank you Chris and Sara...looking forward to taking my daughter when we move there in August time frame... :-)
Thank you for watching! We hope y'all enjoy it!
Thanks for sharing ! We will do the same when we visit that park. Hike and pizza! 😋. Love the hat Sara! Just found y’all a few days ago! Love the music too!
It's the best way to enjoy it, but we may be biased 😊
You guys are starting to make me feel bad. Showing me all the places I haven't seen and I've lived here all my life! What next, the International Towing & Recovery Museum? I guess I need to get off the couch more. LOL
😂we've actually gotten a lot of recommendations to visit the Towing and Recovery Museum! lol
Thinking about going here for my birthday, your energy and production quality sold me on it. Great job
Enjoy it!! Thank you!
It looks amazing. A lot like the Niagara Escarpment.
Loved this video with the beautiful hike and pizza, my favorite too! So hoping to move to TN/GA area soon from FL.
Thank you, hiking and pizza really go hand in hand we think! Best wishes on your move!
If I remember the south...you're glossy over the ticks, chiggers, and mosquitoes. Does look like a lovely place and the pizza looks amazing.
😂 you’re right, usually the bugs are terrible here, but we didn’t get a single bite this day! 🙊
Kim's excited telling me how much she Loves Lookout Mountain:) and Yep it's Stunning. So cool you can visit these locations near home. Great music again, really makes us want to be there. Oh Yes, brick oven 🍕😃 LOOK at that bread!!! You know we're Foodies Lol
This episode is exactly what we needed today.
Thanks for this one, James and Kim
Ah it was so good, we loved it! So glad we were able to be part of your day 😊
My wife and I almost went there this weekend! Love cloudland canyon.
definitely visit soon! well worth the drive up the mountain!
I've lived in chatt for 10ish years and I have yet to go to Cloudland. I need to remedy that quickly. Our favorite pizza place is NYPD in Hixson.
I actually saw yall driving a few days ago and my husband was laughing at me for fangirling. Thanks for showing so many places to check out.
hey neighbor! How exciting, I wish we could've said hello to you! Great recommendation, we will have to check that out!
(i.) Ooooh, you found a way to incorporate the bouncy signature geo-location pin into the new logo. I loved that. That was such a clever idea.
(ii.) Sara, the hat looks great. (Although Chris' joke about needing a wider angle lens to get it into the frame made me LOL.)
Thank you, we love that too! 😂😂 yes Chris' joke was pretty hilarious even if it came at the cost of my poor hat
One of our favorite state parks. We’ll be back in June.
It's so beautiful!
Im a new sub love your posts. moved to this area 2 years back and love to see whats here and things to do. From Trenton Ga.
Hey there neighbor, thank you for subscribing!
I love your adventure hat Sara! 😊 Jake has a satchel for work and I always remind him that Indiana Jones has one 😂 Those slo-mo pizza shots were 🍕❤️👌👌👌
😂 haha I love that! Yes, the slow mo pizza shots were a definitely must!
Thank you for the video.. Next year!! Once my ankle has recovered from surgery
We were there when we visited! Howdy Park Ranger Sara!!
Hope y'all enjoyed it as much as we did!
I love that place but I have never been down those 600 stairs. The two times I have hiked to the waterfalls I’ve started at the bottom of the mountain on a trail called Sitton’s Gulch. I can’t remember how long it is but I want to say 2.5 miles to the waterfalls. It’s really beautiful in the fall. One day I will have to try that lollipop trail at the top but I don’t think I ever want to do those stairs. My old knees hurt just thinking about it! The pizza restaurant looks really nice! I will have to take my family there sometime. And, like I said on Instagram, nice hat!
You guys do a really good job on your videos. I love Chattanooga as much as you do. Do you think you can do another video about Chattanooga and Tennessee valley railroad museum please? (If you can). From Braxton Starkey.
Such a peaceful looking place, don't know if you're using the onboard mic but it picked up the sounds and sounded awesome!!!
I love your hat !!!
Thank you!
You guys should go to Knoxville TN next, because Knoxville TN has very very very cool Mountains and Hiking Trails to, My Friend's☺
Sara so cute in the hat Chris n Indy
That big pizza paddle?....it’s a pizza peel. Looking forward to exploring cloud land state park in late October and stopping for pizza! Thanks
ahh that's good to know! That's a great time to visit!
I get creeped out being alone in the woods. You guys are brave.
I’ve been wanting to drive up there for a while now.
It’s worth the drive! Plus there’s pizza after you finish your hike :)
If you're looking for a longer day hike at Cloudland that includes a waterfall and a creek crossing then I'd say do the Bear Creek loop it's longer, about 7 miles but much less traveled and just as pretty in the fall.
As far as other good pizza in the Nooga area Community Pie in downtown Chattanooga has some of the best Detroit style pizza I've ever had. Highly recommended!
Great recommendations all around, thank you!
Shout-out for featuring Josh Garrels. ☺️
Yes we love his music!!
If you haven't already, you should check out Providence canyon also. While your touring GA.
It's beautiful in may, but check it out in March to see Cherokee and Hemlock falls both in all their glory and avoid the humidity.
great idea!
We were just there this past weekend! We staying on Lookout Mountain and ended up hiking to Foster Falls though:)
That's awesome, hope you enjoyed it!
I agree best Pizza around if not ever. Not sure if Chris retired yet but I haven’t talked to him before COVID. I got married in May at CCSP and we went there afterwards. Yes Dade is so backwards I think when beer and liquor by the drink passed by an overwhelming majority it shocked the county Commision. I think they thought it would fail. They set the license fee so high that there was no way a restaurant only open on the weekend could even cover it.
Sara, I LOVE YOUR HAT! Do what you need to do to protect your skin. Love the new channel name and am truly enjoying watching you guys explore.
Thank you!! And thanks for watching :)
I love Cloudland Canyon, such a pretty place.
Gorgeous area. Hope you’re doing well Gregg!
@@chrisandsara thanks, I am doing fine. I'm taking my FE exam Tuesday and have an interview Wednesday. Fingers crossed I do well on both.
I enjoy seeing the videos y'all put out. It's fun reliving my experiences when y'all go to places I've been.
be there next week
Hope you enjoy your time there!
Beautiful footage! Cloudland is such an incredible place to visit. What kind of drone and camera are you using to film? Now following!
Thank you, yes it is! We have a DJI Mavic Zoom drone and just purchased the Sony Alpha a7S III. We actually talk more about them in this video: th-cam.com/video/P-tq9o1JtoM/w-d-xo.html
@@chrisandsara Awesome thank you!Been looking at theA7 mark iii waiting for the price to drop and will check out the 7s now. There is a ton of places to hike and explore on my channel that might interest you for future videos. Would love to hear your feedback! Keep up the awesome videos!
You need to watch the sunset at the hang gliders next time. You were just a few miles south of there when you had your pizza.
We've done that before, so fun!
Chris & Sara, Another great video from you two. Still trying to reach you about being a guest on my live stream to talk about your experience with the FAA and being reported for flying your drone. Sure hope to hear back from y'all.. Oh and Welcome to Tennessee ! !
400 AGL is a great name for a drone channel. Bravo.
@@PhilThach Thanks, I got lucky with it for sure.
There is also another pizza place like that with almost the same name, Look Out Winery and Pizza. But its not on Lookout Mtn, Its on Aetna Mtn overlooking the Tn river at Nickajack lake. (Haletown) Old style pizza oven, outside seating on the side of the mountain overlooking the water, and as the name suggests, you can drink there. You take Broad street (US41) west out of Chattanooga. It's about 20 miles from downtown. It is 0.7 of a mile before the big bridge over the river, so diver to the bridge, turn around and look the gravel road up the side of the mountain. There is a sign there.
The best Cajun around is also right by that bridge on the same side of the river. If you are at the foot of that bridge,, look back in the direction of Chattanooga, you will see a church. But the sign reads Succotash. That's the place. Expect to spend $20 or more a person so your wallet will hate you, but it is so worth it. It's now our "go to" place after a day on the water.
Great recommendations, thank you so much!
Sittons gulch trail at the bottom is very nice as well...have u guys hiked to Sunset Rock, Zahn, and /or Rock Garden on Pigeon mtn...lots to see in that area, also Howard's waterfall is down in Trenton ...right off the side of the road...its a kewl cave...need a permit...my stomping grounds.
We will have to check it out!
Sara you need to hit the northeast for that mountain beach combo. You’ve got Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.
We definitely want to get up that way!!
It’s been awhile since you posted . . . We’re missing you!!!
I know, the van build has been pretty consuming but we're hoping to be back soon!!
I’m looking forward to doing this same itinerary this weekend! Is there a guided hike at Lookout Mountain ?
Hat is great. Goodman Coffee question... Do either of you grind your own beans from them and if so is there one you would recommend? I'm doing an order and have five different roasts in the cart so far but was curious if you had a favorite . Really wanting to try the whiskey aged but they are out at the moment. Gonna try to make some cold brew.
Great question! We've never tried one we haven't liked! That being said, lately we've been enjoying their Columbian coffee. Ian Goodman (the owner) recently went down to Columbia to meet with the farmers and learning more about their story has been really cool!
The new camera is great!! … no focus issues, super clear shots .. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 (i can almost forgive the dearth of K-Dawg content!) … OH, and Goodman Coffee! .. WINK WINK!! .. #ifyouknowyouknow
This aggression against Community Pie will not stand, guys. For real though, given the looks of the crust of that pizza, might I suggest Pizzeria Cortile in Red Bank. I know it's a bit of a hump from your neck of Chatt, but highly recommend them. And of course, hit up Bread and Butter for your baguette needs while in that area.
😂 we will have to add that to our list! Thanks for the recommendations!
will there be more bicycling videos?? loved the last one
We hope so!
You guys need to go to Lake Conasauga in Georgia. It is great and they have camping as well.
Thanks for the recommendation. We’ll add that to our list!
Watching you guys travel all along. It is very impressive. I want a chance to act like you. From a fan club of Thailand (Use google translate)
Thank you!
Beautiful hike! Pizza LOOKED amazing!!! Have you guys been to Providence Canyon State park in GA? Great video guys!~Cara
Not yet but it's definitely on our list!
If y’all have tried Fiamma pizza on North Shore, they also have EXCELLENT pizza.
Great recommendation we will have to check it out!
Cloudland Canyon has been on my list for a long time. Might be this year! Who sings the Peace Like a River song in this video? I love it. You guys have a lot a great music!
Josh Garrels sings that song, it's beautiful! Thank you!
@@chrisandsara Thank you!
I went a few years back get to the waterfall this lady ask why they turned the water off. Well maybe because we have been in a drought that has not rained in 3 months.
The wooden paddle is called a peel
i'm in Chattanooga. I'll have to go check this out. Do you have a bucket list of all your favorite hikes in the area?
Not yet but that's a great idea!
U have to try Pie Slingers...please...
Lots of people have recommended it!