Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]I-75 passes to the west of the city, going from North to South and has three exits, Exits 20, 25, and 27. Of these, two have plenty of hotel accommodations. From North Carolina, you can come in through U.S Route 64.
By plane
[edit]- 1 Cleveland Regional Jetport ((FAA LID: RZR)), 251 Dry Valley Rd NE. Functions only as a general aviation airport. Nearest airports for commercial flights are in Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Museum Center at Five Points.
- 2 Red Clay State Park Museum, 1140 Red Clay Park Road S.W., ☏ +1 423-478-0339. Summer: Tu-Sa 9AM-5:30PM, Su M 1-5:30PM; winter: daily 8AM-4:30PM. Exhibits on the Trail of Tears and Cherokee history.
- 3 Cherokee Removal Memorial, 6615 Blythe Ferry Ln, Birchwood (in Cherokee Memorial Park). Sticking with this this general theme, this is a site where Cherokees were imprisoned and moved across the Tennessee River at Blythe's Ferry. Also here is the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, where you might see a sandhill crane.
- 4 St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Craigmile's Mausoleum), 320 Broad Street NW, ☏ +1 423 476-5541. This church is unique in that behind it is Craigmile's Mausoleum where a 7 year old girl who was killed in a horse buggy accident in 1871 is interred and where red stains mysteriously appear on the mausoleum concrete edifice at times.
- 5 Craigmiles Hall, 170 Ocoee St. Just a nice looking former opera house in the Second Empire architectural style that was built in 1877.
Do
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Douglas Inn & Suites, 2600 Westside Dr NW, ☏ +1 423-559-5579. Homey.
Connect
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[edit]Routes through Cleveland |
Knoxville ← Lenoir City ← | N S | → Chattanooga → Atlanta |
Knoxville ← Lenoir City ← | N S | → Chattanooga → Birmingham |
Memphis ← Chattanooga ← | W E | → Ocoee → Hendersonville |
END ← Chattanooga ← | W E | → Ocoee → Asheville |