- TAG Corner
TAG Corner (or simply TAG) is a name for the region where the U.S. states of
Tennessee ,Alabama , and Georgia come together. It is a mountainous area dominated by theCumberland Plateau andLookout Mountain , with elevations ranging up to 2,000 feet/600 meters. The major routes of travel through the region areInterstate 59 andUS 11 , which follow a valley connectingGadsden, Alabama in the southwest of the region withChattanooga, Tennessee in the northeast.These routes cross a corner of Georgia (centered on the town of Trenton), which, because of the terrain, was only accessible by way of Tennessee or Alabama until
1939 . One also crosses this corner of Georgia briefly when traveling "west" from Chattanooga toNashville onInterstate 24 .The term TAG Corner seems to find the most use among devotees of
caving . Because of the limestone geology of the Cumberland Plateau, the area is one of the finest for caving in the United States. (For an example photograph, see the articleCaving .)The name may derive from the
TAG Line , a railroad which operated in the region from 1892 to1971 [http://ngeorgia.com/railroads/tag.html] .Further reading
* [http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/cumberland_plateau/cumberland_plateau.html Sherpa Guide to Cumberland Plateau and Lookout Mountain]
* [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/northgeorgia/1819010001.html Frommer's Guide to the North Georgia Mountains]
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