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Confederate Memorial Carving

Confederate Memorial Carving from directly overhead

Confederate Memorial Carving is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Stone Mountain stands 514 m to the south-southwest, 0.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacrifice, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain and state park in Georgia, United States

Wikidata Q609700, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

What the record says

Built
1972-03-03
Material
rock

How to reach it

Coordinates33.80834, -84.14473

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Sacrifice: 0.1 mi
  • Valor: 0.1 mi
  • South Carolina Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Georgia Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Florida Terrace: 0.2 mi
Museums
  • Memorial Hall: 0.3 mi
  • Quarry Exhibit: 0.6 mi
  • Confederate Hall: 1.0 mi
  • Miniature Chair Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Waffle House Museum: 8.0 mi
Parks
  • W C Studdard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Leila Mason Park: 1.2 mi
  • Smoke Rise Park: 1.5 mi
  • Randolph Medlock Park: 1.6 mi
  • Silver Hill Park: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Riding Skeleton: 4.8 mi
  • Adams Center/Refuge Coffee Mural: 5.5 mi
  • Valentine: 9.0 mi
  • Roaring Social: 9.0 mi
  • Frog: 10.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 38
  • Ante Bellum Plantation House: 0.5 mi
  • Old Trucks: 2.4 mi
  • Tiny Towny: 8.8 mi
  • Scott Park: 8.9 mi
  • WWI Cannon: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
  • Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 5.5 mi
  • Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
  • Glenn Creek Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • Woodlands Garden: 9.3 mi
  • DeKalb County greenspace: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Stone Mountain: 0.2 mi
  • Rock Chapel Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Lanier Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Druid Hill: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Costley Mill Park Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Aarlington Beach: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Water Wheel: 12.6 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone MountainSSW 202°514 m0.2 mi
Blackjack MountainWNW 301°418 m23.4 mi
Lanier MountainENE 65°344 m6.8 mi
Pool MountainNE 43°335 m23.3 mi
Alcovy MountainESE 103°317 m23.6 mi
Pine MountainSSE 153°314 m7.5 mi
Druid HillW 272°300 m9.1 mi
Bradley MountainS 171°290.823 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:49
June solstice06:2720:1420:51
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:3816:5417:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element node/3631607023

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