Technically a part of the Georgia Piedmont or "foothill" province, Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet (240 m) above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot (529 m) summit is visible for many[quantify] miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest.[citation needed]
On 12 October 1864, Confederate troops defeated Union troops at the Battle of Narrows, also called the Battle of Currahee, during the Civil War. Casualties were small and the wounded were cared for by neighbors.[8]
The mountain is featured in Tom Hanks' and Steven Spielberg's television miniseries Band of Brothers, in which it was a training site of the American Paratroopers at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where they ran up and down Currahee.[9] The name of the mountain became a motto for these paratroopers, and inspired the quote: "Three miles up, three miles down." (5 km up, 5 km down)
The Colonel Robert F. Sink memorial trail follows Currahee Mountain Road from the site of former Camp Toccoa to the summit of Currahee Mountain.[10] The start of the trail is marked by a commemorative plaque dedicating the trail to "Col. Bob" Sink from the Five-O-Sinks (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association). The trail is currently the venue for the Annual Currahee Challenge, a three-mile (5 km) and six-mile (10 km) race on the mountain that occurs in the fall.[11]
The first Saturday of June has a run called the "D-Day Run" held by the Camp Toccoa at Currahee organization.[citation needed]
