- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Stone Mountain
- Creator:
- Stewart, Bruce E.
- Date of Original:
- 2004-05-25
- Subject:
- Mountains--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia
Granite--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Stone Mountain, Georgia. Stone Mountain, located in DeKalb County about ten miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, is the largest exposed mass of granite in the world. A town at the base of the mountain bears the same name. Before 1800 Native Americans used the mountain as a meeting and ceremonial place. Stone Mountain emerged as a major tourist resort in the 1850s, attracting residents of nearby Atlanta and other cities. The carving of a Confederate memorial on the side of the mountain attracted national and international attention during the twentieth century. Today, Stone Mountain is a tourist attraction that draws approximately 4 million visitors a year.
GSE identifier: SS8G1, SS2G1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/stone-mountain/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Stone Mountain," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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