Tunnel Hill
Tunnel Hill occupies a railroad pass through Chetoogeta Mountain in northwest Georgia. Its identity is tied to the Western & Atlantic Railroad Tunnel, completed in 1850 and among the earliest railroad tunnels in the American South. The brick-lined passage carried trains for more than a century and was a strategic site during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, when opposing armies contested the nearby Rocky Face Ridge corridor. Today, this small Whitfield County community stands on the former rail route between Dalton and Chattanooga. State Route 3, part of the US 41 corridor, runs through town, and the surrounding ridges belong to Georgia’s Ridge and Valley region.
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Tunnel Hill has served as a railroad community in northwest Georgia since the 1850s. Its name comes from the Western & Atlantic Railroad Tunnel, completed in 1850 through Chetoogeta Mountain; measuring 1,477 feet, it was the first railroad tunnel built in the southern United States. The town and its rail line formed a strategic setting during the Civil War’s 1863 Chattanooga Campaign. The tunnel remains Tunnel Hill’s defining landmark, while the surrounding ridge country belongs to the Appalachian foothills. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of northwest Georgia.
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