Stone Mountain Park is a 3,200-acre state park located sixteen miles east of Atlanta, home to the world's largest exposed granite monolith Wikipedia, rising 825 feet above the surrounding terrain. The park features over 15 miles of hiking trails ranging from the iconic summit Walk-Up Trail to the 5-mile Cherokee Trail looping the base of the mountain, winding through diverse forest habitats and along the shores of Stone Mountain Lake.
Name Origin: The dome of Stone Mountain formed during the formation of the Blue Ridge Mountains around 300–350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, the result of upwelling magma that solidified into granite five to ten miles below the surface. Stone Mountain Manor The mountain takes its name simply from its most defining physical characteristic — a massive, bare granite dome rising dramatically above the Georgia Piedmont.