Hasn't voted | I finally got around to sending Mr. James Powell a note asking for permission to go to the summit. He graciously called me a few weeks later and gave me permission. We drove to the gate about 2.2 miles from the end of the asphalt part of Monument Road and through one open gate to a second gate that was locked. We then walked maybe .2 mile gradual uphill slope to the top. At the summit, as was reported before were a cluster of ugly transmission towers surrounded by equally ugly chain link fences. Off to the right in the woods was a south facing wooden observation deck. The view was as shown in these pictures, but on the hazy day we were there Atlanta was not visible. There were no signs indicating the presence of the AT Terminus at this location. All in all, kind of sad.
The property owner of record at this time, per the Pickens County property tax records is
Mr. James R. Powell
248 Beason Road
Calhoun, GA 30701
He indicated that they had been experiencing increasing problems with vandalism which is why they revised the No Trespassing signs to include No Hikers.
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