Hiking Arabia Mountain Trail Stone Crest Georgia
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2019
- Arabia Mountain is the northern of two peaks in the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. A low saddle separates it from Bradley Mountain, several hundred feet to its south. The two form a monadnock. The peak is 955 feet (290m) above sea level, rising 172 feet (52m) above Arabia Lake reservoir. Bradley Mountain is closer to the visitor trails than Arabia Mountain and is often mis-identified by visitors as Arabia Mountain.
Arabia Mountain is one of Metro Atlanta's three monadnocks, which also include Stone Mountain and Panola Mountain. The unique topography and geology of this monadnock allows for unusual plant and animal species to thrive. Arabia Mountain has five species that are listed as both state and federally endangered, including the bright-red diamorpha plant that lives in small pools of water (known as vernal pools or solution pits) that form on the monadnock.[1]
Panola Mountain is 3.63 miles (5.84 km) to the southwest. While designated as one peak on USGS maps, most users familiar with the area consider the rock formation to be two peaks: Arabia Mountain to the northeast, and Bradley Mountain to the southeast, connected by a low saddle.
Arabia Mountain appears to be composed of granite, like other nearby peaks such as Stone Mountain and Panola Mountain. Although made of metamorphic rock, the mountain is actually composed of migmatite, metamorphosed at higher temperatures than gneiss but not sufficiently melted to become granite. The resulting swirl pattern made the rock a popular building stone and many buildings in the region were constructed with stone quarried from the Lithonia district quarries.[2]
Like Stone Mountain, Arabia Mountain was quarried for decades before the property was turned over to the DeKalb park system. Structures and excavations from the quarry operations can be seen throughout the park. The stone quarried from Arabia Mountain, officially called "Tidal Grey", was prized for its high structural density and compressive strength as well as its "swirl" pattern. Tidal Grey Arabia Mountain can be seen in the construction of buildings for the U.S. Naval Academy, the Brooklyn Bridge, and street curbing in Atlanta as well as many other Georgia cities.[3]
Prior to 1880, the stone was hand quarried but starting in 1879, workers used drills, dynamite and air compressors to “raise a ledge” or sever a large block of stone from the mass. That allowed more control over the size of the stone and large stones could be used for dimensional or building construction.The proximity to the rail road meant that the Tidal Grey could be easily transported across the country.
Another advancement to the quarrying industry at Arabia Mountain was the discovery that adding granite grit to chicken feed helped with the birds’ digestion. The Davidson family, which owned several quarries in the area, became the largest supplier of poultry grit in the world. They claimed that the sparkling particles of mica in the Stonemo grit attracted the eye and helped the chicken's gizzard break down food. The company was so successful in distributing their feed additive, a TIME Magazine article from 1941 reported the U.S. government allowed them to continue to operate during WWII in the name of national defense.In 1949, the Lithonia district produced nearly 1.5 million tons of granite valued at the time at $3 million.
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That was my back yard when I was a kid! Couldn't have asked for a better place to play as a little boy.......
those two stream jumps was hilarious 1:49
Yes, we were laughing so hard that day!lots of fun.
I Hike around Georgia, subscribe for more hiking trails.
Wow! Just went it was awesome the mountain/giant rock and trails were incredible.
this is nice. doesnt seem like a tourist attraction like stone mountain
You are right, you will see few people hiking here.
This is a hidden gem in Georgia! We went last year and there was hardly anyone there. Besides Stone Mountain, this is one of the largest rock formations I have been to in the Atlanta area. Thanks for sharing! Just subbed.
Yeah🤗 I went there yesterday haha.
After I saw your video 🙏💜thx
Great video! Been watching a lot of Arabia Mtn videos lately, as we are going soon.
I'm sure you'll like it
I hike all around Georgia as well never been to Arabia Mountain even though I live like 20 miles from it lol
I’m about to go today and you made me even more excited.
Have fun it's gonna be a great day, stay face 👍🏽
@@Mountain-do thanks, I will.
It would be nice to have some advice about hiking this mountain. In total it can be a long hike.
You should go, I see in your channel you've been to many hikes around here. My next hike is yonah mountain. I subscribed to you, nice to see other hikers around here 👍🏼
Thank you I appreciate it! You'll like yonah Mountain it's pretty nice. That was one of the first hiking videos I put up when I first started putting my hikes on CZcams.
Just subscribed!