re: Help me find a nice cabin or lodge near Chattanooga or maybe....

I grew up in the area but moved about 4 years ago. I've heard about someone having tree house cabins in Chickamauga, GA(maybe 15 minutes from downtown) but don't have a link or anything like that.

Towns in the immediate area that you might want to search would be Flintstone, Chickamauga, Ringgold, and Trenton in Georgia. Fort Oglethorpe and Rossville are very close by, but neither will probably have any cabin rentals(and you wouldn't want one in Rossville).

To the East, if you want to stay on the water you can check around Harrison Bay. Ooltewah and Collegedale might also be options but I wouldn't want to be any further out than that.

Unless you're locked in on a cabin, I'd think about trying to find a place to rent downtown within walking distance of pretty much anywhere you might want to go.