List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia

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This is a list of the National Natural Landmarks in Georgia . In Georgia , there are eleven as a National Natural Landmark designated objects (as of 2020). They were established between 1966 and 2013 and cover areas between about 125 hectares and 1497 square kilometers .

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Surname image registration place county Landowner description
1 Big Hammock Natural Area 1976 31 ° 51 ′ 45 "  N , 82 ° 3 ′ 28.5"  W. Tattnall State ( Department of Natural Resources ) Relatively undisturbed evergreen deciduous forest.
2 Camp EF Boyd Natural Area 1974 Coordinates are missing! Help. Emanuel Private One of the best representatives of the coastal plain sand hill ecosystem.
3 Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest 1972 32 ° 45 '18 "  N , 84 ° 53' 34.7"  W. Harris Private A very good example of the transition between eastern deciduous and southern coniferous forest types.
4th Ebenezer Creek Swamp 1976 32 ° 22 '29.4 "  N , 81 ° 13' 53.6"  W. Effingham Private The best remaining swamp forest in the Savannah River Basin.
5 Heggie's rock Heggies Rock in the Rain small.jpg 1980 33 ° 32 '29.8 "  N , 82 ° 15' 13.1"  W. Columbia County, Private ( The Nature Conservancy ) The best example in eastern North America of the endemic flora restricted to granite outcrops .
6th Lewis Island Tract 1974 31 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 81 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W. McIntosh State (Department of Natural Resources) One of the largest hardwood swamps in Georgia.
7th Marshall Forest Marshall forest1.jpg 1966 Rome
34 ° 15 ′ 3.2 "  N , 85 ° 11 ′ 43.4"  W.
Floyd Private A frankincense pine - spruce pine forest believed to have been formed after a fire that occurred around the time the Cherokee Indians were forcibly dragged to Oklahoma .
8th Okefenokee Swamp OkefenokeeCanalDiggersTrail.wmg.jpg 1974 30 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 82 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  W. Charlton , clinch , ware Bund ( Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge ) One of the largest and most pristine wetlands in the country.
9 Panola Mountain Panola.JPG 1980 33 ° 38 ′ 7 "  N , 84 ° 10 ′ 13"  W. Rockdale State (Department of Natural Resources) The most natural and undisturbed island mountain made of exposed granite rock in the biophysiographic region of Piedmont .
10 Wassaw Island DSC 9425 (8091112286) .jpg 1967 31 ° 54 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 80 ° 58 ′ 55.9 ″  W. Chatham Bund ( Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge ) The only barrier island in Georgia with an intact forest.
11 Wade Tract Preserve 2013 30 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W. Thomas Private Old ingrown marsh pines savannah.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b National Park Service: National Natural Landmarks by state , accessed on May 7, 2020 (English)