Abandoned Record
About Rough and Ready
Mountain View (also known as Rough and Ready) is an unincorporated community in northwest Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The community is bounded on the east and south by Forest Park, on the north by the Fulton County line, and on the west by the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Rough and Ready, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Rough and Ready is
Historic maps
12 historic USGS maps cover Rough and Ready
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1888 Atlanta sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1890 Atlanta sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1892 Atlanta sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1895 Atlanta sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Atlanta sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 East Point sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Southwest Atlanta sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Atlanta sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Atlanta sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Atlanta sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Southwest Atlanta sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1997 Southwest Atlanta sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Rough and Ready
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Georgia index.
- Constitution4.3 mi NE · DeKalb
- New Manchester15.3 mi NW · Douglas
- Campbellton16.1 mi W · Fulton
- Wynns Mill27.3 mi SE · Henry
- Woodstown28.6 mi SE · Henry
- Lang31.2 mi W · Carroll
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Rough and Ready": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Mountain View, Georgia": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6925294.
- USGS GNIS 319083.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).