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AMNHA Geo-Path Series
AMNHA: Cutting Shed Ruins
Passport:
Geo-Path
Series: Arabia Mountain Adventures
Password: Located in the logbook
Hours: Sunrise to Sunset
Parking Options: See waypoints (paid or free)
This cache is located near the ruins of a cutting shed in the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve.
The Cutting Shed Ruins sit within the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (AMNHA), a landscape shaped by massive granite outcrops and a deep cultural history. Over time, this area has been home to early settlers, immigrant rock cutters, freed slaves, and Trappist monks. Quarries, agricultural sites, historic communities, and spiritual centers all leave their mark across the preserve.
The Cutting Shed is believed to be the remains of a structure used during the granite quarrying era. Built with a strong, thick floor to support heavy stone, it was likely open-sided with a roof. Large granite blocks were hauled from the quarries to this area for finishing, first by mule-drawn carts and later by cranes and derricks.
Inside the shed, stone cutters shaped granite into curbing, paving blocks, and building stones. Pointed chisels smoothed surfaces, while brush hammers finished stones that needed to fit precisely. Discarded or partially finished stones can still be seen nearby, offering quiet evidence of the work that once took place here.
Granite from this area was shipped across the United States, and many buildings in nearby Lithonia were constructed using stone quarried and finished in the Arabia Mountain region.
As you explore, watch for reminders of the quarrying landscape such as cut granite slabs, drilled cores, and abandoned structures. Please respect the site, stay aware of your surroundings, and tread lightly while you search for the cache.
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Arabia Mountain PATH
and earn trackable prizes along the way.
The
AMNHA Geo-PATH
is a geocaching program spread across more than 30 miles of the Arabia Mountain PATH hike and bike trail.
Many geocaches are waiting to be discovered.
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Geocaching Adventures Passport
Each cache is classified into one of the following series:
• Adventure Labs
• Arabia Mountain Adventures
• Geocaching 101
• GeoTour
• Lands Less Visited
• Lithonia's Historic Hike
• Panola Mountain Pathways
• Past and Present Passages
• South River Stroll
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