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Mercury

Mercury from directly overhead

Mercury is an attraction in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 385 m. Yonah Mountain stands 958 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Statue at the Square, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

This is the proportional marker for the distance from the real planet Mercury to the sun. The sun is located in the corner of the square.

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Coordinates34.29938, -83.82740

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Square: 0.0 mi
  • Renaissance Park: 0.1 mi
  • Roosevelt Square: 0.1 mi
  • Rock Creek Veterans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Poultry Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 41
  • The Statue at the Square: 0.0 mi
  • The Sun: 0.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Public Safety Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Eternal Flame: 0.2 mi
Peaks: 36
  • Kennedy Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Banks Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Buckhorn Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Price Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • Fox Hill: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Luminary 830: 0.3 mi
  • Violin: 0.3 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 0.4 mi
  • stainless steel: 0.5 mi
  • Rabbittown Rabbit: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 19
  • The Astroid Belt: 0.1 mi
  • North Georgia Canopy Tours: 8.9 mi
  • Tractor: 11.2 mi
  • old tractor: 11.8 mi
  • Pendergrass Flea Market: 14.1 mi
Museums: 15
Gardens: 9
  • Freedom Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Brenau University Garden Society: 0.6 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 0.6 mi
  • Glade Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Stream Garden: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Wilson Shoals WMA: 15.3 mi
  • Buford Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
  • Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Etowah Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mercury. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yonah MountainNNE 16°958 m24.3 mi
Porter Springs Cedar MountainNNW 343°895 m24.9 mi
Wauka MountainN 5°796 m14.6 mi
Pink MountainNNE 15°796 m23.4 mi
Piney MountainN 2°702 m15.5 mi
Leadpole MountainNNE 14°649 m20.2 mi
Three Sisters MountainNNW 342°645 m21.5 mi
Collins MountainN 353°644 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:47
June solstice06:2420:1420:51
September equinox07:2419:0119:34
December solstice07:3816:5117:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451596774787771615144
Precip in5.35.15.34.24.24.53.95.14.14.24.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4568833142

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