Smith Monument
Smith Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Monument, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49562544, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 17.2 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Snodgrass Hill: 1.9 mi
- Boynton Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Dailey Hill: 3.4 mi
- Happy Top: 4.1 mi
- Beaumont Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Honor Park: 2.1 mi
- Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 2.4 mi
- Helicopter Park: 4.0 mi
- Rossville Park: 4.8 mi
- Baldwin Monument: 0.6 mi
- Bushrod R Johnson Monument: 1.0 mi
- Deshier Monument: 1.1 mi
- Alabama Monument: 1.1 mi
- Texas Monument: 1.2 mi
- Brotherton House: 1.2 mi
- Snodgrass House: 1.8 mi
- Orbiter: 4.0 mi
- Genie: 4.0 mi
- Cannon Ball: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.4 mi
- High Point: 8.9 mi
- Street Point: 13.2 mi
- Flatrock Point: 14.0 mi
- High Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 7.6 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 7.6 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 7.6 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 7.6 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 2.1 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Dr Steve's Place-Medical Msm: 7.4 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 8.4 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 8.7 mi
- Moonrise: 8.5 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 8.9 mi
- Summertime: 8.9 mi
- See Rock City: 9.3 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 10.3 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Audubon Acres: 6.5 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 10.3 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 13.3 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 13.5 mi
- Windwood Bulk Center: 3.6 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 6.3 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.4 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 9.5 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 4.5 mi
- Straight Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 11.7 mi
- Obar Spring: 12.0 mi
- Taylor Spring: 13.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 14.5 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 14.8 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 12.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 13.9 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 18.3 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 18.9 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 4.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Smith Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | WSW 240° | 647 m | 10.9 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 329° | 624.84 m | 21.3 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 336° | 601 m | 17.9 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNW 346° | 595 m | 20.9 mi |
| Fox Mountain | WSW 237° | 584 m | 21.7 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NW 326° | 569 m | 15.7 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 205° | 566 m | 20.5 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | NW 316° | 563 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 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 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga PK Larc, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358765784
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- Chattanooga · 10 mi
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