Blossom Hill, Summit in Rome, Georgia, United States
Blossom Hill is a summit in Rome, Georgia, reaching 784 feet (239 metres) and counted as one of the city's Seven Hills. Jackson Hill lies about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the summit. The Bruce Hamler Water Treatment Plant, built in 1939, stands on the hill.
Blossom Hill was named for a local girl who picked flowers there. In 1939 the Bruce Hamler Water Treatment Plant, named after a former city manager, was built on the hill. The hill is counted as one of the Seven Hills of Rome, Georgia, and Jackson Hill lies about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the summit.
The hill's name comes from a local girl who picked flowers there, a story that survives in the name rather than in any monument. The Bruce Hamler Water Treatment Plant, named for a former city manager, was built on the summit in 1939 and still occupies the top of the hill.
Blossom Hill lies about 1.5 km north of downtown Rome, in Floyd County, and Jackson Hill is roughly 0.5 km south of the summit. The Bruce Hamler Water Treatment Plant occupies the hilltop, so the grounds around it are working municipal property rather than open parkland. Approach on foot from the surrounding streets and expect a short climb to 239 m.
Blossom Hill is counted as one of the Seven Hills of Rome, Georgia, a local grouping rather than a geological one. Its name comes from a local girl who picked flowers on the slope. Jackson Hill lies about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the summit.
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