Brasstown Bald - The Highest Point in Georgia - 4,784 Ft. - Blairsville, GA
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Brasstown Bald-The Highest Point in Georgia-4,784 Ft. – Fee Area, but the view is worth it.
Waymark Code: WM7DZG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2009
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Brasstown Bald-The Highest Point in Georgia-4,784 Ft. – Fee Area, but the view is worth it.
There is a road to the top of the mountain, but there are also several hiking trails.
Source - state historic maker located at the Summit of Brasstown Bald at trail to parking lot.
Brasstown Bald-The Highest Point in Georgia-4,784 Ft.
The name is derived from the Cherokee word ltse`yi (New Green Place) or (Place of Fresh Green, from ltse`hi (green or unripe vegetation),and yi, the locative. It occurs in several places in the old Cherokee country, variously spelled Echia, Echoee, Etchowee, and sometimes `Brasstown,` from a confusion of ltsc`yi with Ontsaiyi (brass). One settlement known to the whites as Brasstown was on upper Brasstown Creek of Hiwassee River directly NW of this point. The area near the Spring to the SW was once an Indian camping ground.
GHM 139-5 Georgia Historical Commission 1958
State/Province/County/Territory etc.: State
Elevation: 4,784
Elevation Measurement: Feet
Access: Road
Fee: Yes
If Yes How Much?: 3.00 (listed in local currency)
Related URL (If available): [Web Link]
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