Fort Mountain State Park

Fort Mountain State Park
View of the ruins
Map showing the location of Fort Mountain State Park
Map showing the location of Fort Mountain State Park
Location of Fort Mountain State Park in Georgia
Map showing the location of Fort Mountain State Park
Map showing the location of Fort Mountain State Park
Fort Mountain State Park (the United States)
LocationMurray County, Georgia, USA
Nearest cityChatsworth, Georgia
Coordinates34°45′39″N 84°42′26″W / 34.760916°N 84.707166°W / 34.760916; -84.707166
Area3,712 acres (15.02 km2)
Governing bodyGeorgia State Park

Fort Mountain State Park is a 3,712-acre (15.02 km2) Georgia state park located between Chatsworth and Ellijay on Fort Mountain. The state park was founded in 1938 and is named for an ancient 885-foot-long (270 m) rock wall located on the peak.[1] The nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places describes the wall as "more of a marker than a fortification, separating the north peak from the southern end."[2]

  1. ^ Fort Mountain State Park. Georgia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination form". United States Department of the Interior. January 1977. Retrieved 5 December 2019.