Taylor Ridge (Georgia)
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Taylor Ridge is the most northwestern ridge in the state of Georgia within the Ridge and Valley physiographic region and is approximately 40 miles in length. To the west the ridge is bordered by the Cumberland Plateau
region and the to north Taylor Ridge becomes White Oak Mountain at Ringgold Gap although technically part of the same ridge. The western foothills of Taylor Ridge are also the western border of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Taylor Ridge is part of the Armuchee Ridges which also consist of Little Sand Mountain, Dicks Ridge, Johns Ridge, Horn Mountain and Rocky Face. Taylor Ridge runs south to north through Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield and Catoosa counties along the towns of Summerville, Trion, Lafayette and Ringgold. The highpoint of the ridge is 1,665 feet where the ridge buckles with Dicks Ridge. An area labeled high point is 1,432 feet at the ridges southern terminus along GA highway 100.
to the Marble Mine.
Cumberland Plateau
The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia, part of Tennessee, and a small portion of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia . The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the...
region and the to north Taylor Ridge becomes White Oak Mountain at Ringgold Gap although technically part of the same ridge. The western foothills of Taylor Ridge are also the western border of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Taylor Ridge is part of the Armuchee Ridges which also consist of Little Sand Mountain, Dicks Ridge, Johns Ridge, Horn Mountain and Rocky Face. Taylor Ridge runs south to north through Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield and Catoosa counties along the towns of Summerville, Trion, Lafayette and Ringgold. The highpoint of the ridge is 1,665 feet where the ridge buckles with Dicks Ridge. An area labeled high point is 1,432 feet at the ridges southern terminus along GA highway 100.
Hiking and Recreation
There are several hiking opportunites along the ridge mostly via access the Pinhoti Trail. The Taylor Ridge Trail is a brief view of the ridge available off GA 136 directly west of Villanow, Ga. The most historical view of the ridge may be within James H. Floyd State ParkJames H. Floyd State Park
James H. Floyd State Park is a 561 acre Georgia State Park located near Summerville at the base of Taylor Ridge . The park is named after Democrat James H. "Sloppy" Floyd who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1953 until 1974 and was from the area...
to the Marble Mine.