It is named for the early pioneers Jesse and Priscilla (Whitaker) Keel, who settled there from North Carolina prior to 1810.

A 360 acre nature preserve managed by the Land Trust of North Alabama is located on the south side of the mountain.

[5][6] Within the preserve is a two-mile trail that leads to the Lost Sink, a large sinkhole with a small waterfall that flows into it.

[7] The preserve was established to protect the federally-endangered Clematis morefieldii, commonly known as the "Morefield's leather flower".

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