{{Short description|Natural landmark in Columbia County, Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=August 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox protected area |name=Heggie's Rock Preserve |module={{designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = NNL | designation1_date = 1980 }} |image=Heggies Rock in the Rain small.jpg |image_caption=Heggie's Rock (2010) |coordinates={{coord|33|32|29.8|N|82|15|13.1|W|region:US-GA|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |map=Georgia (U.S. state)#United States |area=101 acres (41 hectares) |governing_body=The Nature Conservancy |location=Columbia County, Georgia, United States }}
'''Heggie's Rock''' is a large granite outcropping in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. Declared a National Natural Landmark in 1980, the property was purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 1983.
== Description == '''Heggie's Rock''' occupies approximately {{Convert|130|acre|hectare}} granite outcropping in Columbia County, Georgia, approximately {{Convert|20|mile|km}} from Augusta, Georgia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Heggie's Rock Preserve|url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/heggies-rock/|access-date=August 29, 2020|website=The Nature Conservancy|language=en-US}}</ref> The outcropping rises approximately {{Convert|70|feet|meter}} above the surrounding area, which is bordered by two streams, Benton Branch and Little Kiokee Creek, the latter of which flows into the Savannah River approximately {{Convert|8|miles|km}} downstream from the rock.<ref name=":0" /> In 1980, the area was deemed a National Natural Landmark.<ref name=":0" /> In 1983, The Nature Conservancy purchased {{Convert|101|acres|hectare}} of the rock, creating '''Heggie's Rock Preserve'''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1983|title=Georgia|page=54|work=The Nature Conservancy News|publisher=The Nature Conservancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AAxGAQAAIAAJ&q=Heggie%27s+Rock|access-date=August 29, 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 28, 2019|title=Heggie's Rock Field Trip|url=https://gnps.org/calendar-event/heggies-rock-field-trip/|access-date=August 29, 2020|website=Georgia Native Plant Society|language=en-US}}</ref> In 1998, scientists at Heggie's Rock described a new genus and species of copepod found only at the rock.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Noss|first=Reed F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiO8BwAAQBAJ&q=Heggie%27s+Rock&pg=PA151|title=Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation|publisher=Island Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1-59726-489-1|pages=151|language=en|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Heggie's Rock is one of several large granite outcroppings in Georgia, along with Panola Mountain, Stone Mountain, and Arabia Mountain.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Leslie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbOyAAAAQBAJ&q=Heggie%27s+Rock&pg=PA304|title=The Natural Communities of Georgia|last2=Ambrose|first2=Jonathan|last3=Kirkman|first3=L. Katherine|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8203-3021-1|pages=297|language=en|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wyatt|first=Robert Edward|date=January 7, 2005|title=Granite Outcrops|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/granite-outcrops|access-date=August 29, 2020|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|language=en}}</ref>
== See also == * List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWhFCQAAQBAJ&q=Heggie%27s+Rock&pg=PA57|title=America's Natural Places: South and Southeast|publisher=ABC-Clio|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-35089-4|editor-last=Kowtko|editor-first=Stacy S.|pages=57–58|language=en|editor-last2=Dreese|editor-first2=Donelle Nicole|via=Google Books}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Heggie's Rock}} * {{Official website|1=https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/heggies-rock/#:~:text=There%E2%80%99s%20no%20denying%20Heggie%E2%80%99s%20Rock%20is%20unusual.%20It,above%20neighboring%20Benton%20Branch%20and%20Little%20Kiokee%20Creek.|name=Official website, The Nature Conservancy}} * {{Official website|https://www.visitaugusta.com/listing/heggies-rock-preserve/68/|name=Official website, Augusta, Georgia}}
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Category:Mountains of Georgia (U.S. state) Category:National Natural Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Protected areas of Columbia County, Georgia Category:Nature centers in Georgia (U.S. state)