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Earth Sense: Stone Mountain one of many inselbergs in US
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Easy to reach from Gainesville via Tucker, Stone Mountain Park makes for a fascinating weekend trip. The exposed part of the mountain stands about 750 feet tall above the north parking lot. Its whaleback shape gives it a unique appearance, but Stone Mountain isn’t the only feature of its kind in the southern U.S. It’s one of many “inselbergs,” a term derived from German.