Natural monument - Mountain Snake - relict igneous mountain in the Caucasian Mineral Waters in Pyatigorye. The height of the mountain 994 m. In the old documents of the mountain is called "Zhlak tau" - translated from the Turkic "Snake Mountain". The name she might have received because of a series of narrow, winding ravines that cut through the eastern slope of the mountain and in their form resemble snakes. After developing beshtaunita lost this kind of slope. According to other assumptions, once in the area vodilos a lot of snakes.

The upper part of the mountain is composed of subvolcanic intrusion beshtaunitov that form a picturesque rocky ledges. The lower part of the slope is composed mainly of Paleogene-nizhneneogenovyh Maikop shale series.

Snake Mountain is covered with mountain-meadow and forest vegetation. It is dominated by hornbeam, beech and hornbeam-ash-oak forest, with more than 60 species of shrubs and trees. Rare and valuable species of plants grow on the mountain Snake dwarf euonymus, rosehips long, oriental beech, cotoneaster Nefedova, fraxinella Caucasian, lily odnobratstvennaya, several species of hawkweed. It is also quite diverse and fauna of the mountain.

On the eastern slope of the mountain locals it was found an unusual stone structure, where they found many potsherds. Masonry was made by hand and for a long time. About ten meters from the archaeological finds is a cliff, and a little higher - a natural heap of stones, which resembles an ancient altar.

In the south-western foot of the mountain Snake is Zmeykinskoe field with carbonic hydrocarbonate-sulphate calcium-sodium waters.

The main attractions of the mountains: a monument to the quarry workers, the source of St. Theodosius, Holy Spring, stone processing plant, stone with a hole, the Devil's finger quarry Thalmann, galleries Snake Mountain, the cross at the top, Zmeyskaya pond, Monument to the landing group "Revenge" and the dam.