Pine Mountain State Park

Pine Mountain State Park occupies a forested ridge in Harris County, Georgia, about 30 miles north of Columbus. The district covers 4,568 acres and combines a state park with a contiguous recreational demonstration area, a New Deal program that turned worn-out farmland into recreation space. Planning began in 1933, with the National Park Service providing technical supervision and the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration supplying labor. The park opened in 1938 and was complete when the CCC left in 1941. Its features include the Pine Mountain Parkway along the ridge, a tavern, vacation cabins by Lake Delanor, group camps at Lake Franklin, and a day-use area with the Liberty Bell Pool and bathhouse. Franklin Roosevelt, who lived part-time nearby at Warm Springs, promoted the park and the scenic drive. The nomination holds the park up as a varied demonstration of Park Service planning, and notes the group camps survive with almost no alteration. Today it forms the western half of Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park.