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A Legacy of Humanity

A Legacy of Humanity from directly overhead

A Legacy of Humanity is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Sassafras Mountain stands 983 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cumming Bandstand, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates34.20682, -84.13901

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cumming City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Steam Engine Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
  • Episcopal Church Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Cumming Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Chimney: 6.1 mi
  • Flags Over Georgia: 7.6 mi
  • Historic Period Cemetery: 8.4 mi
  • Sugar Hill Wagon: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 33
  • Hiram Parks Bell: 0.0 mi
  • John Forsyth: 0.0 mi
  • Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit - Tyson Foods: 0.2 mi
  • Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit - Forsyth Chamber of Commerce: 0.4 mi
  • Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit - Forsyth County Family Center: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Sawnee Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Fox Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Banks Mountain: 14.2 mi
  • Anna Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Potts Mountain: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 21
  • You Pick Blueberry Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Mountain Park Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Freedom Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Brenau University Garden Society: 19.5 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 20
Museums: 19
Beaches: 6
  • Disharoon Beach: 19.4 mi
  • BM Fort: 23.5 mi
  • Bridgemill Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Bridgemill PuttPutt: 23.6 mi
  • Bent Tree Beach - Private: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Water Wheel: 15.4 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Etowah Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Allatoona Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Fall Creek Waterfall: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras MountainNNW983 m24.4 mi
Mount OglethorpeNNW966 m22.2 mi
Sanderlin MountainNNW910 m21.7 mi
Hendrix MountainNNW832 m22.6 mi
Sharptop MountainNNW787 m24.6 mi
Wet MountainNNW758 m20.9 mi
Toland MountainNNW724 m20.2 mi
Disharoon MountainNNW694 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2620:1520:52
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:3916:5317:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414551596775787871615144
Precip in5.45.15.24.34.24.74.94.94.04.04.45.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12259704390

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