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Lytle Monument

Lytle Monument from directly overhead

Lytle Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilder Monument, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49520358, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
228 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.91254, -85.26979

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Snodgrass Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 4.4 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Happy Top: 5.7 mi
  • Beaumont Mountain: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Honor Park: 2.4 mi
  • Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 2.8 mi
  • Helicopter Park: 2.8 mi
  • Rossville Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 50
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 31
Waterfalls: 22
  • Lula Falls 100: 6.0 mi
  • Lula Lake Falls 30: 6.0 mi
  • High Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 6.6 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 6.6 mi
Museums: 18
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 9
  • Crawfish Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Straight Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Obar Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Lytle Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 236°647 m9.2 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 334°624.84 m20.8 mi
Round KnobNNW 342°601 m17.6 mi
Buck KnobN 351°595 m20.9 mi
Fox MountainSW 234°591 m20.7 mi
Fox MountainSW 235°584 m20.1 mi
Elder MountainNNW 332°569 m15.1 mi
Pigeon MountainSSW 201°566 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2920:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:40
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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358767143

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