Amicalola
Amicalola is an unincorporated community located in Dawson County, Georgia, United States. It was named for the falls and nearby Amcalola Mountain. Amicalola means tumbling water in the Cherokee language; the Cherokee people lived throughout Georgia and southeastern Tennessee before Indian Removal.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Dawson County, Georgia
- Also known as: “Amicalola Creek Town”, “Amicalola, GA”, “Amicalola, Georgia”, “Amicolola”, and “Armacolola”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amicalola Falls.
Amicalola Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amicalola Falls is a 729-foot waterfall on Amicalola Creek in Dawson County, Georgia, United States. It the highest waterfall in Georgia and is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.
Amicalola
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Dawson, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.55481° or 34° 33′ 17″ northLongitude
-84.25242° or 84° 15′ 9″ westElevation
1,755 feet (535 metres)Open location code
866QHP3X+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 154201374OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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