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English: Lake in Stone Mountain Park which is located in the city of Stone Mountain in DeKalb County, Georgia. Date: 7 January 2016: Source: Own work: Author: Truth ...
Summit of Stone Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain (center) and Atlanta (left) in background The top of the mountain is a landscape of bare rock and rock pools, and it provides views of the surrounding area including the skyline of downtown Atlanta, often Kennesaw Mountain, and on very clear days even the Appalachian Mountains.
While Stone Mountain city proper is completely within DeKalb County, the postal regions designated and traditionally considered as Stone Mountain include portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties. According to the State of Georgia , [ 16 ] the city has an area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km 2 ), of which 0.62% is water.
1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd, Stone Mountain FILE - Two guests at Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Ga. wave at the Skyride as it brings more guests down to the ground from the mountain.
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, site of granite quarrying from the 1830s. Its granite was used in the locks of the Panama Canal and in steps to the U.S. Capitol building. The mountain is known for its Confederate memorial carving started by Gutzon Borglum and for association with the Ku Klux Klan revival in 1916.
The Stone Mountain Park officially opened on April 14, 1965 – 100 years to the day after Lincoln's assassination. [10] Site of the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan (the Second Clan), on the top of the mountain, with cross burning, in 1915. Stone Mountain was the location of an annual Labor Day cross-burning ceremony for the next 50 years. [11]
Lake Lanier Islands were leased from the US Army Corps of Engineers by the Georgia Department of State Parks for a recreation resort. The islands are now managed by a private company. Stone Mountain Park is owned by the state and managed by the self-sufficient state agency, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association.