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View from near the summit of Blood Mountain. This peak has scenic views from the large rock formations that top the mountain. There is a hiker's shelter at the top of the mountain maintained by the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, and at the bottom of the eastern side of the mountain is a hostel and store (at Neels Gap, where the Appalachian Trail intersects U.S. Highway 19/129) at the Walasi ...
The Blood Mountain Wilderness was designated in 1991 and currently consists of 7,800 acres (32 km 2). The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Lumpkin County and Union County, Georgia. The Wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Blood Mountain: 4,458 feet (1,359 m) Union: link: 28.3 miles (45.5 km) from Springer Mountain, this is the highest point on the AT in Georgia; some sources place the elevation at 4,161 feet (1,268 m). Levelland Mountain: 3,846 feet (1,172 m) Union: link: The AT passes near the summit of Levelland Mountain at an elevation of about 3,800 feet ...
Vogel State Park is a 233-acre (0.94 km 2) or 94 hectares state park located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest.It became one of the first two parks in Georgia when it founded a state park system in 1931.
The Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center is a small stone building located along US 19/129 at Neels Gap, Georgia, United States, on the eastern side of Blood Mountain.It is notable as the only place where the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian Trail passes through a man-made structure.
Georgia has 75 miles (121 km) of the trail, including the southern terminus at Springer Mountain at an elevation of 3,782 feet (1,153 m). [103] At 4,461 feet (1,360 m), Blood Mountain is the highest point on the trail in Georgia.
United States Park Rangers patrol the 48 miles (77 km) of river and 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land units with patrol vehicles, jet-powered boats, kayaks, and mountain bikes. They also hike the trails on foot. Rangers enforce park regulations as well as Georgia criminal and traffic codes, and are authorized to carry firearms and make arrests.
Tallulah Gorge State Park—managed jointly by the Georgia State Parks system and Georgia Power Company, the latter of which operates the hydroelectric dam above the 600-foot (180 m)-deep Tallulah Gorge. The Tallulah River flows over six major falls between the Tallulah Falls Dam and Lake Tugalo. Since the dam was built in 1913 only a fraction ...