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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. Big Bald Mountain stands 1,235 m to the east-northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tabor House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates34.69502, -84.48271

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Owltown Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Walnut Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Whisenant Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Talona Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Bee Knob: 5.2 mi
Parks: 51
  • Harrison Park of Ellijay: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.9 mi
  • Ridgeway Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
  • Doll Mountain Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 13
Historic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Barnes Creek Falls 25: 10.7 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 12.7 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 12.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 13.4 mi
  • Fall Creek Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 14.8 mi
  • Lodge and Lawn: 18.2 mi
  • Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bald MountainENE 67°1,235 m10.0 mi
Rich MountainENE 67°1,232 m8.6 mi
Tickanetley BaldENE 72°1,209 m8.6 mi
Little Bald MountainENE 67°1,198 m9.4 mi
Cold MountainENE 60°1,165 m9.2 mi
Stover MountainE 79°1,158 m7.4 mi
Turniptown MountainE 83°1,103 m6.4 mi
Flat Top MountainN 356°1,094 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2620:1820:55
September equinox07:2719:0319:36
December solstice07:4216:5317:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586572767570594943
Precip in5.55.05.95.14.34.95.34.64.24.04.55.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jasper 1 NNW, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1644316124

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