Cooper's Furnace
Cooper's Furnace is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Bear Mountain stands 700 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Day Use Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
Cooper's Furnace, park of an iron works factory destroyed during the Civil War.
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverside Day Use Area: 0.3 mi
- Gatewood Park: 0.9 mi
- Stamp Creek Day Use Area: 2.5 mi
- Northtowne Park: 3.5 mi
- Clarence Benham Park: 4.0 mi
- Vineyard Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Red Top Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bee Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Signal Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Battle of Allatoona: 3.7 mi
- Allatoona Pass: 3.7 mi
- An Unknown Hero: 4.1 mi
- Historic Cass Station: 7.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial at Patriots Point: 7.7 mi
- Museum Store: 3.5 mi
- Bartow History Museum: 3.6 mi
- Rose Lawn Museum: 3.9 mi
- Summer Hill Museum: 4.2 mi
- Savoy Automobile Museum: 4.6 mi
- Welcome Home: 7.5 mi
- Balancing Birds: 12.0 mi
- Spaceship Earth: 12.2 mi
- It's a Vibe!: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Statue: 14.8 mi
- Acworth Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Scatter Garden: 10.0 mi
- Hammock Lounge/Garden - West 22: 11.2 mi
- Smith-Gilberrt Gardens: 12.2 mi
- Cherokee Garden: 15.2 mi
- LakePoint Station: 3.1 mi
- Old Car City USA: 7.3 mi
- C.C.C. Quarry: 14.0 mi
- Creekside Farms: 14.8 mi
- old 1-cylinder engine: 15.9 mi
- Bartow Beach: 0.7 mi
- Upper Tanyard Creek Swimming Beach: 5.7 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 10.6 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 10.6 mi
- BM Fort: 10.6 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 11.7 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 15.5 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 20.6 mi
- Lodge and Lawn: 22.4 mi
- Lynne & Charlie D'Huyvetter Nature Preserve: 21.2 mi
- McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi
- Allatoona: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Cooper's Furnace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | NNE 25° | 700 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pine Log Mountain | NNE 26° | 689 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | NNE 15° | 581 m | 9.5 mi |
| Kennesaw Mountain | SE 146° | 543 m | 15.7 mi |
| Oakey Mountain | NNE 33° | 514 m | 17.9 mi |
| Dry Pond Mountain | NE 35° | 501 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | ESE 113° | 500 m | 17.3 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | SSE 148° | 488 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:18 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allatoona DAM 2, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4451032446
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