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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.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.20682, -84.13901
Around it

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
  • Cumming Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Chimney: 6.1 mi
  • Chimney: 6.1 mi
  • Chimney: 6.2 mi
  • Flags Over Georgia: 7.6 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: 20
Nature reserves: 6
  • Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Buford Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
  • McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
  • Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
  • Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Water Wheel: 15.4 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Etowah Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Allatoona Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Waterfall #4: 22.8 mi
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
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

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 MountainNNW 332°983 m24.4 mi
Mount OglethorpeNNW 330°966 m22.2 mi
Sanderlin MountainNNW 332°910 m21.7 mi
Hendrix MountainNNW 328°832 m22.6 mi
Sharptop MountainNNW 327°787 m24.6 mi
Wet MountainNNW 335°758 m20.9 mi
Toland MountainNNW 330°724 m20.2 mi
Disharoon MountainNNW 331°694 m19.7 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12259704390

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