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Cooper's Furnace

Cooper's Furnace from directly overhead

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. 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

Coordinates34.16474, -84.73365

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cooper's Furnace: 0.1 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 0.4 mi
  • Gatewood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stamp Creek Day Use Area: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites: 49
  • 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
Museums: 30
Artworks: 15
  • 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
Gardens: 14
  • 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
Attractions: 9
  • 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
Beaches: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Allatoona Falls: 11.7 mi
  • High Shoals Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Cooper's Furnace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainNNE 25°700 m11.4 mi
Pine Log MountainNNE 26°689 m12.0 mi
Hanging MountainNNE 15°581 m9.5 mi
Kennesaw MountainSE 146°543 m15.7 mi
Oakey MountainNNE 33°514 m17.9 mi
Dry Pond MountainNE 35°501 m17.7 mi
Sweat MountainESE 113°500 m17.3 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainSSE 148°488 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:51
June solstice06:2820:1820:55
September equinox07:2819:0419:37
December solstice07:4216:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596774787772615043
Precip in4.94.45.04.53.94.04.94.13.93.43.94.7

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4451032446

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