Unlike the original Seven Wonders, which primarily stem from ancient times, Georgia’s “Seven Natural Wonders,” as they are known, date back millions and millions of years to Mother Earth’s prehistoric times, with only one exception. The list of Georgia’s Seven Natural Wonders came about when state librarian Ella May Thornton of the Georgia State Library in Atlanta compiled the first list of Georgia’s natural wonders in response to an inquiry by a journalist. Thornton’s list included the natural formations of Stone Mountain, Okefenokee Swamp, Amicalola Falls, Tallulah Gorge, Warm Springs, Jekyll Island Forest and the marble vein in Longswamp Valley in Pickens County. Case Logic In-Car & Portable DVD Player Case

If you’ve ever seen the 300-million-year-old Stone Mountain then you know that it truly has earned its place on the list of Georgia’s Seven Natural Wonders. A smooth behemoth rising to almost 1,700 feet above sea level at its summit, it is the world’s largest piece of exposed granite. At seven miles in circumference around its base and two miles long, Stone Mountain, one of the South’s most endearing icons, is flat-out imposing. A 3-acre carving of Confederate heroes Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis highlights part of the mountain. Visit www.stonemountainpark.com or call 800-401-2407.

My favorite of Georgia’s wonders is Tallulah Gorge between Rabun and Habersham Counties near Tallulah Falls in the northeast Georgia mountains. During the late 19th and early 20th century, during Georgia’s heyday of tourism, the series of waterfalls and gorges created from the flow of the Tallulah River were so glorious that they were once known as the “Niagara Falls of the South.” Georgia Power Co. dammed the falls in 1912 for construction of a hydroelectric faculty. Tallulah Gorge, breathtakingly scenic in any season, is about two miles wide and a thousand feet deep. Visit www.gastateparks.org/info/tallulah/. Call the park directly at (706) 754-7970 or for reservations directly at 800-864-7275.

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