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Range Point

Range Point, seen from above at true elevation

Range Point is a cliff in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 504 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 3.7 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
504 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.92202, -85.50246

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Jenkins Park: 3.7 mi
  • Small Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Hangliding Training Hills: 5.3 mi
  • Big Hill: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Dugan Point: 2.0 mi
  • Lawson Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Tatum Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Windy Mountain: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Battle of Wauhatchie Site (New York Monument): 9.4 mi
  • New York Peace Monument: 10.9 mi
  • Grose's Brigade and Regimental monuments at Lookout Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Ohio Monument: 11.1 mi
  • New York State Monument at Lookout Ridge: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 30
Springs: 23
  • Taylor Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Obar Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Straight Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Museums: 19
Artworks: 12
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainS 175°659 m20.7 mi
Round TopSE 137°647 m8.0 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNE 12°624.84 m18.5 mi
Round KnobNNE 25°601 m17.8 mi
Buck KnobNNE 26°595 m22.3 mi
Fox MountainSSW 196°591 m13.3 mi
Red HillNW 307°591 m23.2 mi
Fox MountainSSW 195°584 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2119:54
June solstice06:2920:2221:00
September equinox07:3119:0719:40
December solstice07:4716:5617:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673767570594841
Precip in5.56.05.65.54.34.24.84.04.93.84.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358700306

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