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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park Park Geological Features |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
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Kennesaw Mtn Natl Battlefield Park Park Geological Features |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013-2014) |
| Rocks, Boulders, a Natural Arch and more... |
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Natural Arch, Little Kennesaw Mtn. Natural arches are not common in this part of Georgia. |
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| Rocks with Zoomorphic features: I seem to have a knack for finding rocks with animal faces here, even though I usually don't notice them until I look at the images at home. |
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| Boulders along Pigeon Hill Trail (3 different views of the same rock...) |
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| A closer look - do you see the animal head on the right? |
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| Detail of the dog head (or maybe it's a bear head!) |
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| Another boulder that looks like an animal head... Little Kennesaw's eastern slope |
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| A lion and a bear, perhaps? Rock glade on slope of Big Kennesaw |
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| Another weird rock head Almost like a giant angry slug! |
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| A snake head? |
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| And finally - a troll who turned to stone after being caught in the sun? |
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| This formation on Pigeon Hill is commonly referred to as "Big Rock" |
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| Big Rock from another angle. The current classification of the Park's light-colored Gneiss is Kennesaw Mountain Migmatite. |
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| Big Rock amidst fall foliage |
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Little Kennesaw boulders, with textured surfaces |
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| Gneiss boulder, Little Kennesaw |
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| Boulderfield on Big Kennesaw Mtn |
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| General French's Rock (referenced in his battle report) on Little Kennesaw's summit |
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| Huge (approx. 20 ft. high) boulder on west side of Big Kennesaw. I'm surprised this rock came to rest half way down the slope instead of rolling to the base... |
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| This outcrop has a pair of parallel crevices. |
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| A boulder hangs in one of the crevices. |
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| Jutting boulder on side of Little Kennesaw |
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| The foliation of these metamorphic rocks exhibits good examples of banding and folding: |
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The rock banding and surface texture of the rock in this pair of images are typical of the southern crest of Pigeon Hill. |
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| Impressive folding on huge boulder below a cliff on Little Kennesaw Mtn. |
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| You can click below to read a detailed account of the geology of Kennesaw Mountain: "Scott Ranger's Geology of Kennesaw Mountain" |