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Baldwin Monument

Baldwin Monument, a historic site in Georgia
Baldwin Monument, a historic site in GeorgiaDYalden · CC BY-SA 4.0

Baldwin Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Monument, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34893207, matched on coordinates and name (97 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
225 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.92561, -85.24237

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Honor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 1.8 mi
  • Helicopter Park: 4.3 mi
  • Rossville Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Snodgrass Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 2.6 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Happy Top: 3.9 mi
  • Beaumont Mountain: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 55
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 29
Waterfalls: 22
  • High Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 7.1 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 7.1 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 7.2 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 7.4 mi
Museums: 18
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 9
Springs: 9
  • Crawfish Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Straight Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Obar Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Baldwin Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopWSW 237°647 m11.0 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 329°624.84 m20.8 mi
Round KnobNNW 336°601 m17.3 mi
Buck KnobNNW 346°595 m20.3 mi
Fox MountainSW 235°584 m21.9 mi
Elder MountainNW 325°569 m15.2 mi
Pigeon MountainSSW 204°566 m20.9 mi
Raccoon MountainNW 315°563 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451596774787772614942
Precip in5.65.15.04.74.64.25.14.54.23.64.45.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358765562

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