Providence Canyon State Park, 8930 Canyon Road, Lumpkin, Georgia, USA

Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area is a 1,003-acre (405.90 ha) Georgia state park located in Stewart County in southwest Georgia, United States. The park contains Providence Canyon, which is sometimes called Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon". It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia. It is also home to the very rare plumleaf azalea.

One of the quirkier attractions of the state park is an abandoned homestead including nearly a dozen rusty, 1950s-era cars and trucks. Due to the environmental damage that removing the vehicles would cause, park officials have decided to leave them alone.

Providence Canyon is not actually a purely natural feature: many of the massive gullies — the deepest of which is more than 150 feet (46 m) — are the result of erosion due to poor farming practices in the 19th century.

This story of the origin of the canyons has been commonplace since the 1940s, but the formations in the canyons are at least partially natural. Although there were probably a few early arrivals before 1825, the first heavy influx of settlers in Stewart County only came after the Treaty of Indian Springs (1825), by which the Creek Indians were forced to cede all their lands east of the Chattahoochee River. Evidence of the existence of the canyons at this time includes their mention in a deed by James S. Lunsford to William Tatam from 1836.

The park lies on marine sediments, usually loam or clay, with small areas of sand. Loamy sand topsoils overlie subsoils of sandy clay loam, sandy clay, or clay in most of the uneroded sections. Nankin, Cowarts, Mobila, and Orangeburg are the most prominent soil series. The canyons have significant exposure to clay, over which water often seeps. Water is mobile in this well-drained area.

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Taken on: February 14, 2024

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Outdoor Recreation Area

a 1003-acre (405.90 ha) Georgia state park located in Stewart County

Georgia's Little Grand Canyon

one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia

plumleaf azalea

Canyon is not actually a purely natural feature

massive gullies

the deepest gully is more than 150 feet (46 m)

result of erosion due to poor farming practices in the 19th century

Treaty of Indian Springs

Creek Indians

James S. Lunsford

William Tatam

park lies on marine sediments usually loam or clay

small areas of sand

Loamy sand topsoils overlie subsoils of sandy clay loam

sandy clay or clay in most of the uneroded sections

Nankin

Cowarts

Mobila

Orangeburg are the most prominent soil series

The canyons have significant exposure to clay over which water often seeps. Water is mobile in this well-drained area « less

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