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Slaughter Mountain
Slaughter Mountain, viewed from Lake Winfield Scott
Highest point
Elevation4,338 ft (1,322 m)[1]
Prominence458 ft (139.6 m)[1]
Coordinates34°44′53″N 83°57′01″W / 34.7481154°N 83.9502741°W / 34.7481154; -83.9502741[2]
Geography
LocationUnion County, Georgia, U.S.
Parent rangeBlue Ridge Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Neels Gap
Climbing
Easiest routeCoosa Backcountry Trail, Duncan Ridge Trail

Slaughter Mountain, with an elevation of 4,338 ft (1,322 m), is the ninth-highest peak in the U.S. state of Georgia.[3] It is located in Union County, Georgia and is the second-highest mountain in Union County. Its nearest higher neighbor is Blood Mountain, the highest peak in Union County and sixth-highest in Georgia.

Slaughter Mountain was named in commemoration of a bloody battle between the Cherokee and Creek Indians.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Slaughter Mountain, Georgia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ "Slaughter Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  3. ^ "Georgia 4000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com.
  4. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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