A rock-slide on Lookout Mountain has prompted Walker County to close the road going from the top of the mountain to Mountain Cove Farms in the valley.  Dougherty Gap Road is used by many Walker and Chattooga County residents on the mountain who commute to LaFayette, Fort Oglethorpe or Chattanooga.  In September of 2021, heavy rains caused a rock slide on the same road and it was closed for several months.  Walker County government has not said when the road will reopen.