With the establishment of the great Rock Eagle 4-H Club near Eatonton, much interest and curiosity has developed concerning the Eagle effigy itself. This stone mound or tumulus is about five miles north of Eatonton off from the Madison Highway on the lands of the center itself and not to far from the main entrance. It is in the shape of a great prone bird with its head turned to the east and with out-spread wings. Its measurements are 102 feet from head to tail and 120 feet from wingtip to wingtip. The body rises to about ten feet above the surrounding surface. It is constructed entirely of milky quartz rocks and boulders ranging from baseball size to boulders which would require several men to move. It can best be viewed from the large granite observation tower constructed in 1937 by the government. There is a high cyclone fence surrounding the effigy for its protection.
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