List of the seven natural wonders of Georgia (U.S. state)

List of the seven natural wonders of Georgia (U.S. state)

The Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia are today generally acknowledged to be:
*Amicalola Falls
*Okefenokee Swamp
*Providence Canyon
*Radium Springs
*Stone Mountain
*Tallulah Gorge
*Warm Springs

The first list of natural wonders was compiled by state librarian Ella May Thornton and published in the "Atlanta Georgian" magazine on December 26, 1926. That first list included:
*Amicalola Falls
*Jekyll Island Forest
*Marble vein in Longswamp Valley in Pickens County
*Okefenokee Swamp
*Stone Mountain
*Tallulah Gorge
*Warm Springs

References

* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Destinations.jsp?id=p-54 Georgia Encyclopedia]


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