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Slaughter Mountain, with an elevation of 4,338 ft (1,322 m), is the ninth-highest peak in the U.S. state of Georgia. [3] It is located in Union County, Georgia and is the second-highest mountain in Union County. Its nearest higher neighbor is Blood Mountain, the highest peak in Union County and sixth-highest in Georgia.
Fire agate, a variety of chalcedony, is a semi-precious natural gemstone discovered so far only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona and California). [1] Approximately 24-36 million years ago these areas were subjected to massive volcanic activity during the Tertiary Period.
The highest point of the Gila Mountains is Slaughter Mountain at 6,556 feet (1,998 m); the Fishhooks Wilderness is located on the northwest end of the mountain range. The Safford copper mine is located on the southern flank of the range.
Bolan Mountain Lookout in southern Oregon was destroyed by the Slater Fire. “Slater impacted a lot of people,” Scott Blower, district manager for the Wild Rivers Ranger District, said in a ...
Elk Mountain Fire Tower, Hells Canyon District, Black Hills South Dakota-measured as the tallest fire tower in the country-80+feet tall Bear Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, Pennington Co SD still in service 7166' original tower was built in 1910 of logs, replaced with 30' metal tower in 1939
Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter Mountain, is a piedmont monadnock in Culpeper County, Virginia. The 800 feet (240 m) ridge is 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Culpeper and just to the northwest of the northern tip of the Southwest Mountains at Clark Mountain. The mountain was used as a signal mountain by confederate troops during ...
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 ...
Here are Parade’s 116 Best Kids books of all time, according to indie booksellers from across the country; acclaimed authors like Brian Selznick, Rita Williams-Garcia, Dav Pilkey, Katherine ...