Every August, bargain hunters, collectors, and road-trip lovers hit the road for the World’s Longest Yard Sale, a one-of-a-kind shopping adventure stretching along U.S. Highway 127 across multiple states. This miles-long treasure hunt features hundreds of miles of yard sales, flea markets, and roadside vendors offering everything from antiques and collectibles to furniture, vintage finds, handmade goods, fresh produce, homemade treats, and plenty of unexpected treasures. You never know what you’ll discover around the next bend!

From South to North:

Yard sale begins at the Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden, Alabama on top of Lookout Mountain. Follow Tabor Road, across from Noccalula Falls. Stay on this road and it will become Alabama 176. Follow 176 to the Dogtown Community and stay straight through the 4-way stop. The road then becomes DeKalb County 89. Stay on 89 through communities such as Five Points, Fort Payne, Fischer, DeSoto State Park and on into Mentone, Alabama. From Mentone turn right onto Alabama 117 and follow into Georgia where it becomes Georgia Road 48. You will stay straight a short distance before turning left on GA 157, then left on GA 136 and then right on GA 189/157. This carries you directly in front of Rock City where you travel down Lookout Mountain and pick up TN 27 to the U.S. 127 Corridor for the remainder of the yard sale where it ends in Hudson, MI. (The road winds around a little in Chattanooga as you make your way to the 127 Corridor. Follow Ochs Hwy. off of Lookout Mountain to Tennessee Ave. to Broad St. to Hwy 27 to the U.S. Hwy. 127)

Although the Yard Sale officially goes from Gadsden to Hudson, feel free to jump on board anywhere in between. Lots of unique items, junk and antiques await you from one end to the other and all points in-between. If you choose to follow the route from North to South, simply reverse the directions above.  Again, the Chattanooga area gets a little confusing, so we have included the following additional directions if you are traveling North to South to help you get from US 127 up onto the Lookout Mountain Parkway:

Coming down off Signal Mountain on US127, watch for a right angle turn onto US 27 which takes you over the river to Exit 1A. Take MLK east for two blocks to a right on Broad Street and it is straight several miles to the foot of Lookout Mountain.  At the foot there are two over head signs, the left directs you by the Incline Railway and to Rock City via Tennessee Ave and Ochs Hwy where there is a Lookout Mountain Parkway Sign. At the top of the highway you can turn left to Rock City or stay straight onto SR 157 then to GA 189 that leads on to Covenant College and nearly 100 miles of Lookout Mountain Parkway.
    
The other routes up the mountain follow the right overhead sign to Ruby Falls. This follows US11 around the foot of the mountain to left on SR 148 up the mountain, past Ruby Falls and on to where it becomes GA 189 and on to Covenant College and the Lookout Mountain Parkway. If you miss the SR148 turn at the foot, continue on US11 about a mile to SR318 and a Lookout Mountain Parkway Sign that leads up to SR148 and Ruby Falls. 

From North to South:

If you will be coming from the North, you will follow Hwy 127 through Chattanooga toward I-24 East. Take Broad St. Exit, staying left following signs for Lookout Mountain. Turn right at stop sign, then left at next traffic light onto Broad St. South. Travel approximately 1.5 miles and take a left onto Tennessee Ave. Travel through two traffic lights and at 3rd light turn right onto Ochs Highway up Lookout Mountain. On Lookout Mountain, go through stop sign and at T intersection turn right, then take next left following Highway 157. At next T intersection turn left onto Highway 189 south. Follow 189 to Hwy 136 and turn left. Go to caution light and turn right onto Hwy 157. Take 157 to Cloudland and turn right onto Hwy 48. Hwy 48 will become AL Hwy 117 as you cross into Alabama and travel through Mentone. In Mentone, you will turn left on County Rd. 89 South. Stay on 89 S through DeSoto State Park, Fisher, Fort Payne and Five Points. In Dogtown, you will go straight through the four way stop and the road becomes Hwy 176 and Tabor Road into Gadsden.