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Audubon Acres and Maclellan Island are Chattanooga’s oldest wildlife sanctuaries. The 130 acre Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary at Audubon Acres is the headquarters of the Chattanooga Audubon Society and includes a Visitors Center, the South Chickamauga Creek, the Cherokee Arboretum, and the Spring Frog Cabin.

There are more than four miles of walking and hiking trails and the sanctuary is home to many kinds of plants and animals. Maclellan Island, also known as Maclellan Sanctuary and officially known as Audubon Island, is a wildlife sanctuary made up of 18.8 acres on an island in the middle of the Tennessee River. There are one and a half miles of trails and access to the island is by water only.

900 North Sanctuary Road, Chattanooga, TN, Phone: 423-892-1499

Audubon Acres and Maclellan Island
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