Amicalola Falls State Park, an 829-acre Georgia park near Dawsonville, centers on Amicalola Falls, a 729-foot cascade long regarded as Georgia’s highest waterfall and one of the state’s Seven Natural Wonders. The area was once Cherokee territory before forced removal under the 1832 Treaty of New Echota, though at least one Cherokee woman remained nearby into the 1850s. Although the state acquired the falls in 1911, the park’s modern importance grew after 1958, when the Appalachian Trail’s southern terminus was moved to nearby Springer Mountain and an approach trail was created from the falls. Today it is both a scenic park and a key gateway for Appalachian Trail hikers.