Rocktoberfest
in Rock City, GA
By Kaitlyn Phillips
T
here is a nip in the air and
leaves are changing; fall is
officially upon us! With this
fantastic season comes some
delightful traditions:
pumpkin patches, corn mazes,
festivals and costumes. What you
may not typically think of when you
think “fall” is Rock City, Georgia.
More specifically, Rocktoberfest.
Rock City sits on top of Lookout
Mountain, which straddles the
Tennessee/Georgia border. On a
normal day, you can walk through the
rock structures, struggle through
narrow spaces like “Needle’s Eye”
and “Fat Man’s Squeeze”, find some
gnomes hanging out in their village,
and wander through the Fairyland
Caverns, which bring fairytales to
life. From one peak, you can see
seven states at once.
There’s a flag on the landing for each
state represented: Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas,
Virginia and Kentucky.
You can also pose for pictures in front
of a waterfall coming out of Lovers’
Leap, a cliff where a Native American
couple met their demise. After telling
the young woman and man they
couldn’t be together, the tribe threw
the man to his death. Not wanting to
live without him, the woman jumped
after him. Rock City also has a
swinging br