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Catch a Gopher at Red Top Mountain

Great Gopher Chase continues through June.

Red Top Mountain State Park in Cartersville is one of 27 in the state participating in the Great Gopher Chase in celebration of Get Outdoors Georgia Month in June.

Find a gopher, have your picture taken with him and email it to Nicole.Barber@gadnr.org. You can even name the gopher, and if your name is chosen you will win a $100 Bass Pro Shops gift card.

The Georgia State Parks website lists other things you can win:

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  • If you send pictures with the gopher at three different state parks and historic sites, you will be submitted in the Great Gopher Chase Picture of the Week contest. Winning pictures will be displayed on this website and on Facebook each week.
  • Five pictures of the Gopher at different sites will enter you in a chance to win a $50 Bass Pro Shops gift card.
  • By submitting 10 pictures with the gopher at different sites, you will have the chance to win a $50 Bass Pro Shops gift card and a free one year Friends Membership to Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites.

Visit the website for more gopher locations throughout the state.

Visit the Friends of Red Top Mountain State Park Facebook page for information on more park events.

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