Pine Mountain Range

Pine Mountain

Looking at the Pine Mountain Range, northwest of Hamilton.

Highest point
Peak| Dowdell's Knob
Elevation| 1,395 ft (425 m)
Dimensions
Length| 50 mi (80 km)
Geography
Country| United States
Region| Southern Rivers to Piedmont area of Georgia

The Pine Mountain Range is a long ridge in Meriwether County, Georgia, Harris County, Georgia, and Talbot County, Georgia. The highest altitudes in all three of these west Georgia counties can be found along the range.[1]

The Pine Mountain Range is part of a larger geological feature known as the Pine Mountain terrane,[2] which extends into eastern Alabama. The ridge in Georgia exceeds 1,100 feet (340 m) in elevation for a distance of about 20 miles (32 km). These are the highest elevations at so southerly a latitude in the eastern half of the continental United States. (The entire Pine Mountain terrane is geologically distinct from the Appalachian Range, which terminates farther north in Georgia and Alabama and has its own Pine Mountain in Kentucky and Tennessee.)

The Pine Mountain Range begins around Lake Harding, and runs northeast through Harris County. U.S. Route 27, as well as Georgia State Routes 190 and 354, cross the ridge south and east of the city of Pine Mountain. The ridge then parallels the Harris-Meriwether County line, where the highest point on the range, 1,395-foot (425 m) Dowdell's Knob, is found. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a brick oven and picnic area constructed at this location for use during his many stays at his house in nearby Warm Springs. It then parallels the Talbot-Meriwether County line south of Manchester. At the extreme eastern end of the Pine Mountain Ridge, it is cut by the Flint River, forming the steep bluffs of Sprewell Bluff Park in Upson County.

F.D. Roosevelt State Park, the largest state park in Georgia, is found along the ridge in northern Harris County.

## External links

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* County High Pointers Association

32°50′15″N 84°48′56″W﻿ / ﻿32.83750°N 84.81556°W﻿ / 32.83750; -84.81556

## References

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1. ^ WIlliamson, Kevin (2009-02-13). "Georgia Main Page".
2. ^ Hooper, Robert J.; Hatcher, Robert D. Jr. (1988-04-01). "Pine Mountain terrane, a complex window in the Georgia and Alabama Piedmont; evidence from the eastern termination". Geology. 16 (4): 307–310. Bibcode:1988Geo....16..307H. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0307:PMTACW>2.3.CO;2. ISSN 0091-7613.

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Mountains of Georgia

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* Big Bald Mountain
* Big John Dick Mountain
* Black Mountain
* Black Rock Mountain
* Blood Mountain
* Brasstown Bald
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* Cowrock Mountain
* Currahee Mountain
* Dick's Knob
* Double Spring Knob
* Flat Top
* Fort Mountain
* Glade Mountain
* Glassy Mountain
* Grassy Mountain
* Grassy Ridge
* Hightower Bald
* Horsetrough Mountain
* Jacks Knob
* Levelland Mountain
* Mount Oglethorpe
* Rabun Bald
* Rich Mountain
* Slaughter Mountain
* Springer Mountain
* Tray Mountain
* Wildcat Mountain
* Wolfpen Ridge
* Young Lick
* Rich Knob
* Screamer Mountain
* Three Sisters
* Yonah Mountain
* Rock Mountain
* Rocky Knob
* Rocky Mountain

Ridge-and-Valley|

* Baugh Mountain
* Blossom Hill
* Horseleg Mountain
* Lookout Mountain
* Lumpkin Hill
* Johns Mountain
* Old Shorter Hill
* Jackson Hill
* Pigeon Mountain
* Snodgrass Hill
* Taylor Ridge
* Turkey Mountain
* White Oak Mountain

Others|

* Alcovy Mountain
* Arabia Mountain
* Bear Mountain
* Blackjack Mountain
* Chenocetah Mountain
* Dowdell's Knob
* Heggie's Rock
* Kennesaw Mountain
* Little Kennesaw Mountain
* Mount Wilkinson

* Panola Mountain
* Pine Log Mountain
* Pine Mountain (Bartow County)
* Pine Mountain (Cobb County)
* Pine Mountain Range
* Sawnee Mountain
* Stone Mountain
* Sweat Mountain

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