Monolith at Devil's Den at Dusk,

Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2006.

c. Brian Brown

Landscape at Devil's Den,

Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2006.

c. Brian Brown

Devil's Den, as it has been known for nearly a century, is a rare geological formation in northwestern Ben Hill County. It is an alien landscape, scattered with sandstone boulders, and seems more desert than forest. Rock outcroppings of this type are rare in South Georgia. Very little is known of the origin of the area, but scientists feel it may be evidence of a massive meteor shower in the late prehistoric period.