United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702Stewart, Bruce E.2004-05-25Encyclopedia 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, SS2G1text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Mountains--GeorgiaCities and towns--GeorgiaGranite--GeorgiaStone MountainText