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An affiliate of the National Park Service and a JUNIOR member of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas. RANGER ACTIVITY JOURNAL Photo courtesy: Chad Belinfanti www.arabiaalliance.org ARABIA MOUNTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA HOW TO BECOME A JUNIOR RANGER: Welcome to 1. Read the stories about our remarkable places and people in this journal. A visit to THE ARABIA the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area makes the stories come to life. MOUNTAIN NATIONAL 2. Complete the activities next to these stories at your own pace. These activities can HERITAGE AREA! be finished in hours or days. 3. Finish one of the following two steps: Get ready to discover the fantastic sites and fabulous history with this guide. As a Junior Ranger, you a) Fill out the online Junior Ranger pledge at http://arabiaalliance.org/juniorranger. can earn an official Junior Ranger certificate, a Junior Ranger journal, and a snazzy badge. Share the Tell us what you like the most about three places that you visited in the Arabia word about this awesome place with your family and friends. Mountain National Heritage Area. b) Answer the questions on the “Becoming a Junior Ranger” page in the back of this Junior Ranger Activity Journal. These questions ask about three places in CONGRATULATIONS! the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. Give this journal to a ranger at the IS AN OFFICIAL Visitor Center desk at: Panola Mountain State Park 2620 GA Highway 155 SW JUNIORJUNIOR Stockbridge, GA 30281 RANGER Questions? Please email us at [email protected]. For more information I RANGERpromise to treat the Earth and all living things with care and respect, to tell others about my discoveries in and around the state of Georgia, to encourage my friends and family to protect special buildings and places, to be a friend of nature and a champion of history, and to come back! about the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, check out our website at Ranger Signature Junior Ranger Signature Date THIS JOURNAL BELONGS TO: 02 ARABIA MOUNTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA To Stone Mountain 8.8 Miles to entrance d 75 R Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area l e 85 285 p a National Heritage Area h C 1. 20 ATLANTA Bruce Street School, page 28 k Interstate Highway c Park o 285 LITHONIA Coving way 20 to R R Local Road n d 1 Park near the Lucious Sanders Recreation Center H w County Border Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta y International Airport t 2484 Bruce Street S Arabia Mountain PATH 75 n 85 Exit 71 i Exit 74 E a Soft Trail 20 M Lithonia, Georgia 30058 20 Covin Exit 74 W gto W n River/Lake/Creek Exit 75 H w To Atlanta o y Green Space o Ma d d ll 2. Vaughters’ Farm, page 24 R d P 17 Miles to r k l Gateway/Visitor Service o R w l w i e y 75/85 H D ik Point of Interest r 3366 Klondike Road r d e n 20 d n o R l r Mountain Peak: Arabia and Panola l u l K i T Lithonia, Georgia 30038 M 2 To Augusta Major Stone Outcrop s ARABIA ALLIANCE an 126 Miles Ev @ VAUGHTERS’ FARM Rockland Rd 3. Flat Rock Archive, page 22 d R e l B i 3956 Crossvale Road a r d o v a w s n o s 7 s R M o d i r l r Lithonia, Georgia 30038 l C R a DO YOU KNOW? d d 3 d Arabia Mountain Peak FIND THE o G 954 ft Flat Rock N COOL SITES 4. Parker House, page 20 At 62.5 square miles in size, the Arabia Mountain Historic Area 6 4835 Flat Bridge Road Flat Rock Rd IN THE JUNIOR National Heritage Area is about half the size of the City RANGER Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 of Atlanta. This city is nearly 132 square miles in size. Lyons Rd Lyons Lyon’s Farm Bro PROGRAM wns 5. Historic House South River M Panola Mountain State Park, page 10 il c.1850 l R DEKALB COUNTY d ROCKDALE COUNTY WITH THIS 2620 GA Highway 155 SW Klondike Rd Panola MAP. Mountain Peak 946 ft Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 4 These sites can be found in d Flat e R 6. AWARE Wildlife Center, page 16 5 Bridg Rd DeKalb, Rockdale, and Henry e k 4158 Klondike Road La Alexande r Counties east of Atlanta. Lithonia, Georgia 30038 So ROCKDALEFairview COUNTY Rd u t You have plenty of places h R 7. Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, page 14 i HENRY COUNTY v to love! e r 3787 Klondike Road Lithonia, Georgia 30038 8. Monastery of the Holy Spirit, page 32 2625 GA-212 Conyers, Georgia 30094 8 The Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area LET’S GET STARTED! 04 is an affiliate of the National Park Service. 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 Miles ARABIA MOUNTAIN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA LIKE A WONDERFUL PAINTING, the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area excites your mind, body, and spirit. Amazing mountains, lakes, rivers, plants, and animals add beauty to the land. Stories about local people inspire hope. Thousands of walkers, hikers, and bikers visit this area each year. THIS JOURNAL WILL HELP YOU 06 EXPLORE THIS SPECIAL PLACE. Photo courtesy: William Bishop MIGHTY MONADNOCKS [muh-nad-nok] MONADNOCKThis playful word describes mountains that were formed millions of years ago and were once covered in softer rock and dirt. Wind and rainwater wore away the rock and dirt over time. This process is called erosion. Now you see only the hard rock that used to be covered up. Monadnocks are made of hard rock, Call these such as granite or migmatite. monadnocks ginormous, as in Let’s say this word again, “ji-nor-mous.” These big mounds of [mig-ma-tite] rock rise above the surrounding land. Arabia Mountain 400 million years old Panola Mountain 300 million years old We know that 12 inches is equal to 1 foot. If Arabia Mountain and Panola Mountain are 200 feet tall, how many inches tall are these mountains? DO YOU KNOW ARABIA MOUNTAIN AND PANOLA MOUNTAIN STAND NEARLY 200 FEET TALL? X = That height is about the same as a 17-story building. feet These two monadnocks are located in the National Heritage Area. 17-story building inches 2,400 = inches 12 x feet 200 Answer: 08 SCIENTISTS OF THE DEEP PANOLA MOUNTAIN Geologists want to know about the past, present, and future of the Earth. These scientists take pictures of the Earth with powerful cameras. They use drills to dig for soil and rocks. The pictures, soil, and rocks help geologists learn the history of the mountains. These scientists find out what materials are inside these huge landforms. With their training, geologists can see the unique qualities of the rock at Panola Mountain, Stone Mountain, and Arabia Mountain. Pretend you are a geologist. What patterns do you see? Describe each rock in a few sentences. Panola Mountain Granite Of all the monadnocks in the Stone Mountain Granite Piedmont region of the southeastern United States, Panola Mountain is the one in its most natural state. This mountain has never been quarried for its granite rock. In 1980, the National Park Service honored the 100-acre mountain by Arabia Mountain Gneiss naming Panola Mountain a National Natural Landmark. YOU NEED TO HIKE THIS BIG LANDFORM WITH A RANGER. The word “gneiss” sounds like “nice.” This metamorphic rock is created by changes in granite rock caused by 10 heat and pressure. Can you spot the swirl pattern in the Arabia Mountain gneiss? BE PREPARED FOR MASSIVE FUN. DIAMORPHA AT ARABIA LIFE IN THE PITS AND PANOLA MOUNTAINS As you hike on these mountains, can you spot diamorpha? Try that curious word again: HARSH CONDITIONS [die-ah-mor-fa] MAKE IT HARD FOR This plant is also called Diamorpha smallii or elf orpine. Diamorpha can be PLANTS TO GROW. found in small depressions called solution pits at Arabia and Panola Mountains. It brings exciting color to these monadnocks during the late winter. Can you find diamorpha at both mountains? You will see these plants thriving on the granite rock. The rough climate forces plants to deal with heat, On Arabia and Panola Mountains, small wind, and rainwater. But, strong plants find a amounts of soil in solution pits make excellent way to grow in the soil of solution pits. These homes for plants such as moss, lichen, and even Put on your scientist cap for a moment. small dips in the granite form when chemicals flowers. When plants die, the soil in the solution Answer these questions: from lichen and moss wear away the rock. pits deepen, making it possible for larger plants to grow. What color is the diamorpha now? The color changes over the year. Diamorpha is only red during the months of February, March, and April. M D L M B F X M P Q C T R O T A S O I L How tall is this plant? Find the words about U F D U B Z O Q A Y solution pits in this N W J N W U G R U L word search pit. H E A T I H G A W P How deep is the solution pit with the diamorpha? HEAT E Z V A N R E I Q I MOUNTAIN V Q Y I D D R N C O You can measure the solution pit with the ruler below. Be PIONEER G S J N H P N W S N gentle with the ruler.