Camp Toccoa

Camp Toccoa was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located in northeastern , five miles west-southwest of .
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  • Type: Camp
  • Description: United States Army paratrooper training camp during World War II
  • Also known as: “Camp Toombs”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Toccoa Falls College and Toccoa Falls.

University
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University of Toccoa Falls is a private evangelical Christian university in Toccoa Falls, Georgia, United States, founded in 1907. The campus occupies 1,100 acres, bordering the Chattahoochee National Forest and is home to , a 186-foot high waterfall. is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Camp Toccoa.

Waterfall
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is a waterfall on Toccoa Creek with a vertical drop of 186 feet on the campus of the in , United States. Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word "Tagwâ′hĭ", meaning "Catawba place" or "beautiful".

Railway stop
is an Amtrak train station in , served by the daily Crescent. The first station in Dry Pond opened on the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway in 1870. is situated 2 miles southeast of Camp Toccoa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toccoa.

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is a city in and the county seat of , , United States. It lies in the state's far northeast near the border with , about 50 miles from and about 90 miles northeast of .

Camp Toccoa

Latitude
34.60176° or 34° 36′ 6″ north
Longitude
-83.34877° or 83° 20′ 56″ west
Elevation
1,047 feet (319 metres)
Open location code
866RJM22+PF
Geo­Names ID
4186034
Wiki­data ID
Q1988949
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Camp Toccoa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “塔科亞營”
  • Chinese: “托科阿營”
  • Dutch: “Camp Toccoa”
  • Dutch: “Camp Toombs”
  • French: “camp Toccoa”
  • French: “Camp Toccoa”
  • French: “Camp Toombs”
  • German: “Camp Toccoa”
  • German: “Camp Toombs”
  • Italian: “Camp Toccoa”
  • Italian: “Camp Tombs”
  • Korean: “캠프 토코아”
  • Polish: “Camp Toccoa”
  • Spanish: “Campamento Toccoa”
  • Swedish: “Camp Toccoa”

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