Anybody recognize this landmark?

[bassiusmaximus]

"The Great Stone Face," or "Stoneface" is located in Pennington Gap, Virginia. It is said to mark the entrance to Cherokee holy ground.

[Tim_T]

"The Great Stone Face," or "Stoneface" is located in Pennington Gap, Virginia. It is said to mark the entrance to Cherokee holy ground.

That would be my guess, though I have only seen it once. My late grandpa was a retired coal miner and had worked a mine near there back in the day and we took him on a sight seeing trip to different places and we saw the Stoneface.

[kyfanatic]

"The Great Stone Face," or "Stoneface" is located in Pennington Gap, Virginia. It is said to mark the entrance to Cherokee holy ground.

That is correct,growing up we called it by a different name,but to be politically correct the US Forest Service changed it to "The Great Stone Face". It sits in the Gap through Stone Mountain on Highway 421 which runs from Pennington Gap,Va all the way to Milton in Trimble county,Ky across from Madison,Indiana and up through Indiana I suppose.
Nice scenic drive if you can stand it.

[the_donger]

What was it called before the political correction.

[kyfanatic]

What was it called before the political correction.

African American Head Rock,What did you think I'd say?

[the_donger]

I had no idea. I have never heard of it before.

[kyfanatic]

I had no idea. I have never heard of it before.

I guess it does kind of resemble Richard Nixon though.