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Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
between Marietta

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs....
and Kennesaw, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
in the United States

United States

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with a summit elevation of . It is the highest point in the core (urban

Urban

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and suburb

Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
an) metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta, Georgia is the United States metropolitan area metropolitan area in the United States and consists of 28 counties in Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia is the Capital and the largest city in the state of Georgia with a population of 519,145....
area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered. The local terrain

Terrain

Terrain, or relief, is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used....
averages roughly AMSL

Above mean sea level

The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum . AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach....
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The mountain actually has two summits:

esaw Mountain was originally a home to the mound builders in the years 900 to 1700 AD.

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Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
between Marietta

Marietta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
in the United States

United States

Urban

Urban means "related to cities." It may refer to:*Urban area, a geographical area distinct from rural areas*Urban culture, the culture of cities...
and suburb

Suburb

Metro Atlanta

Terrain

Terrain, or relief, is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used....
averages roughly AMSL

Above mean sea level

"Big Kennesaw", where the modern-day parking area and scenic overlook are located
Little Kennesaw Mountain
Little Kennesaw Mountain

Little Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain in Cobb County, Georgia, northwest of Marietta, Georgia and south of Kennesaw, Georgia. Located at , its topographical summit stands at 1600 Foot or 488 metre above mean sea level....
, where several light hiking
Hiking

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trail
Trail

A trail is a path or road used for walking, cycling, cross-country skiing, or other activities. Some trails are off-limits to everyone other than hikers, and a few trails allow motorized vehicles....
s and nature areas connect the mountains to the rest of the park

History

Kennesaw Mountain was originally a home to the mound builders in the years 900 to 1700 AD. Their descendants

Kinship

Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating....
, the Creek people

Creek people

The Muscogee , their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indians in the United States people originally from the Southern United States....
, were pushed out of Georgia by the Cherokee

Cherokee

The Cherokee are a Native Americans in the United States people orginally from the Southeastern United States . They are linguistically connected to speakers of the Iroquoian language....
, who were then exiled by the United States and the state of Georgia on the Trail of Tears

Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears was the relocation and movement of Native Americans in the United States in the United States from their homelands to Indian Territory in the Western United States....
to the Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory was an organized territory of the United States from May 2, 1890 until November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma became the 46th U.S....
during the Georgia Gold Rush

Georgia Gold Rush

The Georgia Gold Rush was the first significant gold rush in the United States. It started in 1829 in the present day Lumpkin County, Georgia near county seat Dahlonega, and soon spread through the North Georgia mountains, following the Georgia Gold Belt....
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In December 1832, Cobb County, where Kennesaw Mountain is located, was created. This was just short of a year of being in Cherokee "county"

Cherokee County, Georgia

Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 141,903. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 204,363 ....
, a territory

Territory

A territory is a defined area , considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state or country subdivision. The word can mean:...
that included all of northwest Georgia

Northwest Georgia

Northwest Georgia includes the counties of:*Dade County, Georgia*Walker County, Georgia*Catoosa County, Georgia*Whitfield County, Georgia...
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Kennesaw Mountain was the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Despite its name, much of the battle was fought to the southwest of Kennesaw Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia....
during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign

Atlanta Campaign

The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War....
of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, in which the Union forces of General William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman was an United States soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemente...
launched a bloody frontal attack on the Confederate Army of Tennessee

Army of Tennessee

The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate States Army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the American Civil War....
, which was commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was a career United States Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an United States jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first Baseball Commissioner of organized baseball, including both the American and National leagues and the governing body of minor league baseball, the National Association of Professional Baseball Club...
, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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, was named after the battle, in which his father nearly lost his left leg.

The nearby city of Kennesaw, founded as Big Shanty, was renamed for the mountain after the war. (The mountain itself is not within the city limit

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
.) Kennesaw Mountain High School

Kennesaw Mountain High School

Kennesaw Mountain High School is a public high school located in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia . It was founded in 2000 as a magnet school specializing in science and mathematics and is one of fifteen high schools in the Cobb County School District....
is another namesake

Namesake

Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that is called after, or named out of regard to, another....
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The Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, at 905 Kennesaw Mountain Drive between Marietta, Georgia and Kennesaw, Georgia, preserves a American Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain....
was created on June 26 1935. It was formerly a Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

File:CCC constructing road.gifThe Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program for unemployed men, focused on natural resource conservation from 1933 to 1942....
camp.

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In addition to Little Kennesaw, many other landmark

Landmark

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by exploration and others to find their way back or through an area.In modern usage, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure....
s can be seen from the summit, including:

Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain is a granite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 Foot Above mean sea level and 825 feet above the surrounding area....
Blackjack Mountain
the Allatoona Mountains and the further north Georgia mountains
North Georgia mountains

The Georgia Mountains Region or North Georgia mountains is an area that starts in the northeast corner of Georgia , United States, and spreads in a westerly direction....
Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
's midtown
Midtown Atlanta

Midtown Atlanta is a district in Atlanta, Georgia, situated between the commercial and financial district of Downtown Atlanta to the south and the affluent residential and commercial district of Buckhead to the north....
and downtown
Downtown Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta is the first and largest of the three financial districts in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Downtown Atlanta is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters, city, county, state and federal government facilities, sporting facilities, and is the central tourist attraction of the city....
districts
Buckhead
Buckhead (Atlanta)

Buckhead is an uptown district within the city of Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Comprising over 100,000 residents and approximately the northern one-fifth of the city, Buckhead is legally defined as that portion of the city of Atlanta northwest of Interstate 85 in Georgia and northeast of Interstate 75 in Georgia....
(uptown Atlanta)
Perimeter Center
Perimeter Center

Perimeter Center is a major edge city within metro Atlanta. It is located north-northeast of Atlanta proper, and is centered on Perimeter Mall, the nucleus around which it has formed....
and Cumberland/Galleria edge cities
the taller buildings of Alpharetta

At the base of the mountain, the park entrance hosts a new interpretive center, museum

Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
, and numerous self-guided tour

Self-guided tour

A self-guided tour is where one navigates a route himself as opposed to an escorted tour where a tour guide person directs the route, times, information, and places toured....
trails that document Union General William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman was an United States soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemente...
's "March to the Sea" during the Civil War.

The road to the top is open weekdays to car

Automobile

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s, and on weekends only to park bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es, which offer rides every 30 minutes to the top of the mountain for a two-dollar adult fare (free for children). The road is closed during and after winter weather, as there is no snow removal

Snow removal

Snow removal is the job of removing snow after a snowfall to make travel easier and safer. This is done by both individual households and by governments and institutions....
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Kennesaw Mountain is also a major stopover location for several species of migrating

Bird migration

Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather....
songbird

Songbird

A songbird or oscine is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of Passerine , in which the syrinx is developed in such a way as to produce various sound notes, commonly known as bird song....
s. A morning

Morning

The word morning originally referred to the sunrise. Morning precedes noon, afternoon, and night in the sequence of a day.Morning is the part of the day usually reckoned from either midnight or dawn to noon....
walk up and down the trail

Trail

A trail is a path or road used for walking, cycling, cross-country skiing, or other activities. Some trails are off-limits to everyone other than hikers, and a few trails allow motorized vehicles....
during spring

Spring (season)

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons. Spring marks the transition from winter into summer....
or fall can produce stunning views of up to 25 species of warbler

Warbler

There are a number of Passeriformes called "warblers". They are not particularly closely related, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, active and insectivorous....
s, including the rare Cerulean Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks....
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Several small radio antennas, which are atop the mountain near the summit, belong to the U.S. government and the government of Georgia

Government of Georgia (U.S. state)

The state government of Georgia is the State governments of the United States established by the Georgia Constitution. It is a republican government with Branches of government: the Georgia General Assembly, List of Governors of Georgia, and Supreme Court of Georgia ....
. Originally on four separate wood

Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
en telephone poles, they were consolidated to a metal monopole

Monopole

Monopole may refer to:*Magnetic monopole, or Dirac monopole, a hypothetical particle that may be loosely described as a magnet with only one pole...
around 2005. The quonset hut

Quonset hut

A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanised iron having a semicircular cross section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I....
s which house the transmitter

Transmitter

For biologic transmitters, see transmitter substance.A transmitter is an Electronics machine which, usually with the aid of an antenna , propagates an electromagnetic radiation Signalling such as radio, television, or other telecommunications....
s and other telecom equipment are painted solid green or brown to camouflage

Camouflage

Camouflage is a method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain invisibility through deception....
them. Power line

Power Line

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s are buried, and generator

Electrical generator

In electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction....
s supply backup power in the event of a power failure.

A stylized representation of Kennesaw Mountain's distinctive twin peaks is part of the logo for nearby Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State University, also referred to as KSU, Kennesaw, or Kennesaw State, is a public, coeducational, comprehensive university that is part of the University System of Georgia....
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Kennesaw Mountain

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