Wilder Monument
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Wilder Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49580578, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 231 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.4 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Helicopter Park: 2.4 mi
- Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Honor Park: 2.8 mi
- Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 3.2 mi
- Rossville Park: 4.3 mi
- Snodgrass Hill: 1.4 mi
- Boynton Ridge: 4.6 mi
- Dailey Hill: 5.3 mi
- Happy Top: 6.0 mi
- Beaumont Mountain: 6.5 mi
- 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 0.1 mi
- Lytle Monument: 0.4 mi
- Heg Monument: 0.6 mi
- Bushrod R Johnson Monument: 1.1 mi
- Georgia Monument: 1.2 mi
- Brotherton House: 1.0 mi
- Snodgrass House: 1.5 mi
- Cannon Ball: 4.9 mi
- Genie: 4.9 mi
- Orbiter: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 6.4 mi
- High Point: 6.8 mi
- Street Point: 11.6 mi
- Flatrock Point: 12.6 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 5.9 mi
- Lula Lake Falls 30: 6.0 mi
- High Falls: 6.3 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 6.8 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 6.8 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 2.6 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 8.1 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 8.1 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 8.3 mi
- Moonrise: 8.3 mi
- See Rock City: 8.6 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 10.2 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 10.3 mi
- Summertime: 10.3 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.1 mi
- Audubon Acres: 8.2 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 10.5 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 11.3 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 14.5 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 2.8 mi
- Straight Spring: 6.2 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 10.6 mi
- Obar Spring: 11.1 mi
- Taylor Spring: 11.6 mi
- Windwood Bulk Center: 5.6 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 7.8 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 8.8 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 10.3 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 13.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 15.2 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 19.7 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 20.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 12.7 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 6.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Battelle: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Wilder Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | SSW 210° | 659 m | 22.7 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 237° | 647 m | 8.9 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 335° | 625 m | 21.1 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 342° | 601 m | 17.9 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 352° | 595 m | 21.2 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 236° | 584 m | 19.8 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NNW 333° | 569 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 201° | 566 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/495977276
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- Chattanooga · 10 mi
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