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High Point

High Point, seen from above at true elevation

High Point is a cliff in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 713 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hole, a spring 2.6 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 4.9 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
713 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.69841, -85.38440

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lowell Green Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 5.9 mi
  • Joe Stock Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 11.4 mi
  • Island Town Historic Park: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 52
  • Pigeon Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Gulf Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Round Top: 9.7 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 10.5 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • Georgia 4th Cavalry: 13.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
  • 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 15.7 mi
  • Wilder Monument: 15.8 mi
  • Heg Monument: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 31
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 16
Museums: 11
  • Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Sixth Cavalry Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Dr Steve's Place-Medical Msm: 21.7 mi
  • Ochs Memorial Museum: 21.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Blue Hole: 2.6 mi
  • Anderson Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainSW 224°659 m7.2 mi
Round TopN 353°647 m9.7 mi
Fox MountainWNW 285°591 m10.7 mi
Fox MountainWNW 288°584 m10.5 mi
Pigeon MountainS 187°566 m3.5 mi
Little MountainSW 230°564 m17.0 mi
Raccoon MountainN 359°563 m24.1 mi
Dug MountainE 83°553 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:54
June solstice06:3020:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0719:40
December solstice07:4616:5617:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424553616976797973625145
Precip in5.35.35.65.14.44.34.53.74.43.35.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga 2 SW, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358687434

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