In response to covid 19 ruby falls a reduced number of tickets are available daily and a face covering is required for ages two and older.
Chattanooga caves ruby falls.
Ruby falls is the nation s tallest and deepest underground waterfall open to the public.
Ruby falls has a reasonably priced guided tour inside a cave that leads to an inside waterfall.
However during the current pandemic i would not recommend anyone do this tour.
Raccoon mountain caverns campground is home to tennessee s highest rated cave tripadvisor s 1 thing to do in chattanooga and premier rv park campground and is located just outside of chattanooga tennessee.
Availability is limited and tours sell out quickly.
Ruby falls cave unlike lookout mountain cave had no natural openings and could not be entered until the 20th century.
The breathtaking falls were accidentally discovered by leo lambert in 1928 deep within lookout mountain in chattanooga tennessee.
It therefore does not have the various artifacts which are often associated with caves in the southeastern united states in 1905 the natural entrance to lookout mountain cave was closed during the construction of a railway tunnel.
Lambert named the falls after his wife ruby and opened the chattanooga attraction to the public in 1929.