Currahee Mountain

Currahee Mountain
Currahee Mountain

Currahee Mountain
Elevation 1,735 ft (529 m) NAVD 88[1]
Location
Location Stephens County, Georgia, USA
Range Blue Ridge Mountains
Coordinates 34°31′45.21″N 83°22′33.18″W / 34.529225°N 83.3758833°W / 34.529225; -83.3758833Coordinates: 34°31′45.21″N 83°22′33.18″W / 34.529225°N 83.3758833°W / 34.529225; -83.3758833 [1]
Topo map USGS Ayersville 34083-E

Currahee Mountain is a mountain located in Stephens County, Georgia near Toccoa. The name appears to be derived from the Cherokee word ᏊᏩᎯ (quu-wa-hi) meaning "stand alone."[2] Technically a part of the Georgia Piedmont or "foothill" province, Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet (240 m) above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot (529 m) summit is visible for many miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest.

The mountain was made famous internationally by Tom Hanks's and Steven Spielberg's television miniseries Band of Brothers, in which it was featured as a training site of the American Paratroopers at Camp Toccoa,[3] Georgia where they ran up and down Currahee. The name of the mountain became the motto for these paratroopers including the famous quote: "3 Miles up, 3 Miles down".

References

  1. ^ a b "Currahee RM 4". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=ED1429. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (2002). Georgia Place-names. Macon, Ga: Winship Press. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/georgia_place-names.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  3. ^ "Currahee Mountain". Georgia.org. http://my.georgia.org/net/org/info.aspx?s=18707.0.27.3011. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 

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