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 (269.48 m) long rock wall located on the peak.
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“The broken ridge of the hills
was the line of a lover’s shoulder,
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)