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A popular state park with a picturesque cascade and the ruins of a formal industrial center.
High Falls State Park is a 1,050-acre (4.2 km2) state park located near the city of Jackson in Monroe County, Georgia. It is the site of a prosperous 19th-century industrial center, which became a ghost town when it was bypassed by the railroad. The park contains the largest waterfall in middle Georgia and a 650-acre (2.6 km2) lake.
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A nature center that is an amalgamation of trails through hardwoods and non-releasable animals on exhibit and in the wild.
A founding state park in the Georgia state park system and thought to be one of the nation's oldest, with springs that one can still sample and a tranquil lake and creek setting.