Stone Mountain Park

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World's largest exposed piece of granite. Laser shows on at night during the summer and weekends the rest of the year.

Stone Mountain is a granite dome located in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. It is the world's largest exposed mass of granite, and the third-largest monolith in the world. At its summit, the elevation is 1,683 feet (513 m) amsl and 825 feet (251.5 m) above the surrounding plateau.

It is well-known not only for its geology, but also for the enormous bas-relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. Three figures of the Confederate States of America are carved there: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain
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Coordinates:   33°48'25"N   84°8'30"W

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  • Awesome place, complete with an old town, train ride, sky buckets, laser shows, ropes course, and other various attractions.
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