Kings Mountain

Kings Mountain may refer to:

  • Battle of Kings Mountain, a battle of the American Revolutionary War
  • Kings Mountain, California, an unincorporated community in San Mateo County
  • Kings Mountain, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, and 7 miles southwest of Kings Mountain, North Carolina
    • Kings Mountain (battlefield), one of the three mountains in the park
  • Kings Mountain, Oregon, a popular hiking destination in Tillamook State Forest
  • King's Pinnacle, a mountain in North Carolina that is 3 miles southeast of the city of Kings Mountain, in Crowder's Mountain State Park
  • Kings Mountain State Park, a state park in South Carolina that is adjacent to the National Military Park
  • King's Mountain, Judea - The King's Mountain, (Hebrew Har Hamalekh), was a section of the southern mountains of Judea. It was called after King Alexander Jannaeus (Yannai), one of the chief rulers of the Hasmonean dynasty.

Famous quotes containing the words kings and/or mountain:

    It is, said Gargantua, as Plato said ... that republics will be happy when kings philosophize or philosophers reign.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)

    The moon was waiting for her chill effect.
    I looked at nine: the swarm was turned to rock
    In every lifelike posture of the swarm,
    Transfixed on mountain slopes almost erect.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)