Black Rock Mountain State Park Black Rock Mountain State Park Black Rock Mountain State Park is a Georgia state park west of Mountain City in Rabun County, Georgia, in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. It is named after its sheer cliffs of dark-colored biotite gneiss. Astride the Eastern Continental Divide at an elevation of , the park provides many scenic overlooks and vistas of the southern Appalachian Mountains. On a clear day, four states are visible: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In addition to Black Rock Mountain itself, the park includes four other peaks over in elevation, making it the highest state park in
Dans Mountain State Park Dans Mountain State Park Dan's Mountain State Park is a public recreation area located south of Frostburg and to the east of the town of Lonaconing in Allegany County, Maryland. The state park occupies on Dans Mountain and is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Dans Mountain was named after Daniel Cresap, the son of Thomas Cresap and an early settler of Allegany County who fell from a tree on the mountain while hunting bear cubs. According to the legendary tale, Cresap's hunting companion, the Delaware Indian Nemacolin, found his unconscious body and using a horse and litter