Mount Wilkinson
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Mount Wilkinson in 2015
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Coordinates | 33°52′07″N 84°28′00″W / 33.868715°N 84.4665968°WCoordinates: 33°52′07″N 84°28′00″W / 33.868715°N 84.4665968°W |
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 Mount Wilkinson
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| Parent range | Appalachian Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Northwest Atlanta |
Mount Wilkinson is a low mountain immediately north-northwest of and directly overlooking downtown Vinings, in southeast Cobb County, Georgia, USA. Although it rises significantly from the surrounding terrain, it is actually at or slightly below the average elevation for the region, as it is in the Chattahoochee River valley. Formerly called Signal Mountain, today it is commonly known as Vinings Mountain.
It is said that in 1864, U.S. Army General William T. Sherman got his first look at the church spires of Atlanta from the summit of Vinings Mountain.
The mountain, left only partly forested, is now topped with high-rise office towers, part of the Cumberland/Galleria edge city of metro Atlanta. Among these buildings lies a small, private cemetery in which Hardy Pace (1785–1864), a founder of Vinings and operator of Pace's Ferry, is buried.
Mount Wilkinson was named in honor of Mell B. Wilkinson, co-founder and first president of the Atlanta Scout Council. It is located at what once was the Bert Adams Scout Camp (now located near Covington, Georgia).
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