Amen Corner
Amen Corner is an attraction in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Mount Carmel stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Vineland Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- West Vineland Park: 0.5 mi
- Big Oak Park: 0.9 mi
- Julian Smith Park: 1.1 mi
- Lake Olmstead Park: 1.2 mi
- Hillside Park: 1.3 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 3.1 mi
- Meriwether Monument: 3.1 mi
- Springfield Baptist Church Birthplace of Morehouse College: 3.2 mi
- The Celebrated Revolutionary War Hero, Marquis de Lafayette Visited Augusta in March 1825.: 3.4 mi
- LaFayette Visits Augusta: 3.4 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 3.1 mi
- Tower of Aspiration: 3.1 mi
- And They Went Down Both into the Water: 3.1 mi
- The Spirit of Funk: 3.5 mi
- James Brown Statue: 3.5 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 3.1 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 3.7 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 3.9 mi
- Laurel & Hardy Museum: 17.5 mi
- The Terrace: 0.6 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 2.7 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 2.9 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 3.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 4.6 mi
- Poverty Hill: 4.8 mi
- Carey Hill: 13.2 mi
- Burks Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Whites Mound: 14.7 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 18.5 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 7.5 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Barney Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Silver Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 3.6 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 3.9 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 4.0 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 4.3 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 8.2 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 16.4 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 16.9 mi
- Coker Springs: 17.6 mi
- Hamburg: 4.3 mi
- New Savannah: 9.5 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 8.3 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Amen Corner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | WNW 289° | 156 m | 23.7 mi |
| Burks Mountain | NW 307° | 142 m | 14.1 mi |
| Poverty Hill | N 7° | 130 m | 4.8 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 338° | 120 m | 13.2 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 150° | 34 m | 18.5 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 152° | 33 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Daniel FLD AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/9641783163
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