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Yonah Mountain

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There is a signed trailhead from Chambers Road and an approximately 2.3 mile trail (gaining 1500 feet in elevation) leads to the summit. There are also side trails that lead to neighboring Pink Mountain.
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warrior Sautee. When their love was forbidden by their tribal elders, a war party followed the eloping lovers and threw Sautee off the mountain, with Nacoochee then jumping to her death, a
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legend about a beautiful Cherokee maiden named Nacoochee who fell in love with the
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on Yonah Mountain. It has been a popular training ground for rock climbers.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yonah Mountain
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On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape
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Elevation
Coordinates
34°38′15″N 83°42′49″W / 34.63750°N 83.71361°W / 34.63750; -83.71361
White County
Georgia U.S.
Topo map
USGS
Mountain type
Easiest route

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Georgia
Cleveland
Helen
Cherokee
Ranger Training Brigade
United States Army
Mountain Phase
Ranger School
Lookout Mountain
Rock City
Native American
Chickasaw
Lover's Leap
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yonah Mountain
"The Names Stayed"
"The Legend of Sautee And Nacoochee"
On Zion's Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape
ISBN

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