Stone Mountain Carving

About

Cut 42 feet deep into the north face of a granite dome, this is the largest high-relief carving in the world, spanning 190 feet of stone with Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson on horseback. Begun in 1923 and not finished until sculptor Roy Faulkner topped it off in 1972, the three-acre relief reads as a monument to the Lost Cause and the Klan revival that bankrolled its early years. You can take the cable car to the 1,683-foot summit for the long view, or stand in the lawn below as the nightly laser show plays across the figures.

Highlights

Getting there

1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083