NATURE · HISTORICAL MARKER
The Chimney Tops
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These twin summits of quartzite and hard slate are familiar landmarks. The peak on the right has a hole like a flue. Mountain people thought these formations looked like chimneys rising above the trees. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, blueberry, and sand-myrtle - members of the heath family - cling to the peaks.
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