Stone Mountain State Park

By: Josie Cooper and Lexi Eason

Stone Mountain is not immediately visible upon entering the park that bears its name, but this magnificent 600-foot granite dome is well worth the wait. Sunlight and shadows dance across a broad tapestry of stone. White-tailed deer emerge from the security of the forest to graze on meadow grasses at the mountain's base. The scenery is only one attraction of the park.Test your fly-fishing techniques in more than 20 miles of designated trout waters. Or, with more than 18 miles of trails, take a hike in the park. Designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1975, Stone Mountain is bounded on the north by the Blue Ridge Parkway and on the west by the Thurmond Chatham Game Lands. More than 14,200 acres of mountain beauty offer opportunities for outdoor activities of all kinds.

Information about Stone Mountain State ParkOne of the park's most spectacular features is Stone Mountain, a 600-foot granite dome. This magnificent feature is part of a 25-square-mile pluton, an igneous rock formed beneath the earth's surface by molten lava. Over time, wind, water and other forces gradually eroded the softer layers of rock atop the granite block and exposed the outcrop we see today. Wet weather springs continually carve troughs in the granite as water runs down the mountain's sloping face.

Fact and more information October 2002 – The First Annual Pumpkin Festival is held.

November 2002 – Stone Mountain Christmas opens as “A Southern Christmas”

March 2003 – Kid’s Spring Break festival first held.

2004 – The Treehouse Challenge opens.

2004 – Ride The Ducks™ tours begin.

2004 – Major renovation of Confederate Hall as an Environmental Education Center and museum on the mountain's geology and ecology.

November 2005 – A Southern Christmas renamed to A Stone Mountain Christmas.

June 3, 2006 – Extreme Summer Adventure festival & Camp Highland Outpost opens.

April 2007 – Tour de Georgia bicycling race finishes stage seven inside the park.

May 2007 – Animal Planet Summer Adventure opens.

July 2008 – Great Locomotive Chase Adventure Golf opens.

May 3, 2008 – Debut of digitally premastered 25th Anniversary edition of the Laser show Spectacular.

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