Mount Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain, which in English - "Stone Mountain", is undoubtedly one of the main attractions of Georgia. This mountain is the largest granite monolith in the world. It attracts not only residents of all North America, but also many foreign tourists.

The height of this mountain reaches 250 meters above the level of the plain and 514 meters above sea level, and its circumference exceeds 8 kilometers. But not only the size of this granite monolith is famous. On its north wall you can see the world’s largest bas-relief of graceful work, which depicts the leaders of the American Confederation – President Jefferson Davis and his permanent associates – Generals Robert Lee and Thomas Jackson, proudly riding their horses. The figures are 28 meters high and 59 meters long, while the total area of this majestic bas-relief exceeds 10,000 square meters and is at an altitude of 120 meters.

On the territory of Stone Mountain there are Great and Small Confederate Halls, where you can learn a lot about the history of the region and the peculiarities of its geology, as well as watch a documentary dedicated to the Civil War in Georgia. Nearby is the Antebellum Plantation, an open-air museum dedicated to the lives of ordinary American farmers and planters of the mid-nineteenth century.