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Stone Mountain State Park is a 14,353-acre (58.08 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Alleghany County and Wilkes County, North Carolina. Stone Mountain.
Stone Mountain is the centerpiece of Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. It is a dome of exposed granite (specifically a quartz diorite to granodiorite) of Devonian age, which has intruded into the gneiss of the Precambrian Alligator Back Formation. [1] It rises sharply over 600 feet (183 m) above the surrounding terrain.
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, 15 miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the city of Stone Mountain, Georgia . The park is the most visited tourist site in the state of Georgia.
Crews were called early Tuesday, Nov. 14, when fire alarms started blaring between 2 and 3 a.m. in the park’s Historic Square, WSB-TV and WAGA reported, citing Stone Mountain Park Police ...
In 1960, Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad, Inc. was formed to construct a tourist railroad encircling the mountain, operating it under lease from the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (a state-operated association established in 1958 for developing and managing the mountain as a park).
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Today Traphill is mostly a quiet farming community known for its superb mountain scenery. Stone Mountain State Park, one of North Carolina's most popular state parks, is located in Traphill; the park's presence has led to many out-of-state residents (especially from Florida) building summer homes in the area. [citation needed]
The park was originally 1,930-acre (7.8 km 2). The Civilian Conservation Corps built many of the park's facilities, such as the stone fire tower, the lake, the trails and some park buildings. With help from state and federal funding, the park expanded its boundaries during the late 1990s to 3,712-acre (15.02 km 2). [1]