Ruby Falls

Chattanooga from part of look out mountain

 Imagine going under ground- 260 feet - and walking through caverns filled with oddly shaped stalagmites and stalactites only to come upon a waterfall. A giant waterfall. A 145 foot water fall.  Gushing at 300 gallons a minute this spectacular waterfall is worth the walk.

It just got cooler and cooler

We began our tour in line by an elevator. Each tour group has about 40 people in it and each elevator ride takes about 12 people down 260 feet. Warning: There is no cellphone service (DUH- you are underground) Once you have reached the bottom a photographer takes your picture (Like any good tour) and then you wait for the entire group. The tour guides are very knowledgeable. They stop to explain parts of the cave. Many of the stalagmites and stalactites make interesting shapes and they have signs pointing them out.

One of the shapes

 The tour to the waterfall takes about an hour and as you are going to the waterfall you run into other groups coming back. The pathways are extremely narrow, so if you are claustrophobic this is not a good tour to take. It can be unsettling because it is dark and damp.

Mirrored pond

 There are places where the water drips and it's so calm and quiet. The most amazing part on the way to the falls was the mirror pond. It was a collection of water and the park has put up a blue light behind it.

The falls

 Some other exciting things they have at the park is the incline railway- it goes up Lookout Mountain. They also have a zipline course, which is only open on the weekends.



 This is where we went:

http://www.rubyfalls.com/

Entrance to amazing Stalactites

Very Narrow paths

Catcus/Candle shape (This one we could touch)