Mount Wilkinson, Mountain summit in Cobb County, United States.
Mount Wilkinson is a mountain summit in Cobb County rising to approximately 1,165 feet above sea level in the Chattahoochee River valley. The landscape blends forested slopes with modern office buildings that dot the surrounding terrain.
Mount Wilkinson was formerly called Signal Mountain. It is said that in 1864 U.S. Army General William T. Sherman got his first look at the church spires of Atlanta from its summit. The mountain was later named for Mell B. Wilkinson, co-founder and first president of the Atlanta Scout Council, and once held the Bert Adams Scout Camp.
The summit holds a private cemetery where Hardy Pace, an influential founder of nearby Vinings, was buried. This burial ground connects local history with the memory of the region's early community leaders.
The summit is private, built over with high-rise office towers of the Cumberland/Galleria district, and no trails lead to it. Visitors see the mountain from the roads around Vinings and Cumberland, where streets such as Mt. Wilkinson Parkway and Bert Adams Road carry its names.
The Atlanta Rotary Club funded half of the acquisition cost when the mountain was purchased, contributing to the establishment of the original Bert Adams Scout Camp. This community involvement shaped how the site developed as a recreational space.
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