The area around Mount Superior, the mountain created during the 1951 disaster, was made a State Park in 1968 to prevent unscrupulous developers from moving in to the area.
Mount Superior was created during the 1951 disaster when the super-villain Brain Wave began manipulating tectonic forces in an attempt to destroy the city. The sudden and drastic shifts in the fault lines and lava flows caused an 8,532-foot peak to rise up south of the city. Afterward authorities named the new mountain Mount Superior. Despite its unnatural origin the mountain is fairly normal and attracts climbers and skiers from across the region. The south side of the mountain peak (facing away from the city lights) is the site of the new Mount Superior Observatory.
