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The Foxfire Museum

The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in GeorgiaHarrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Foxfire Museum, a museum in Georgia
Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0

The Foxfire Museum is a museum in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 781 m. Flat Top stands 1,259 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Scrugg Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mountain Waters Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

museum in Mountain City, Georgia, USA

Dates from 1966.

Wikidata Q72940874, matched on coordinates and name (100 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Foxfire Fund
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.91168, -83.39712

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Scrugg Knob: 0.7 mi
  • Marsen Knob: 1.1 mi
  • Lookoff Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Blackrock Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Rocky Knob: 1.5 mi
Parks
Waterfalls
  • Stonewall Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Upper Middle Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Dome Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Middle Creek Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Norm's Falls: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 18
Museums: 13
  • Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 11.7 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Highlands Nature Center: 15.3 mi
  • Macon County Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Scottish Tartans Museum: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 12.7 mi
  • Cobbs Bridge: 18.3 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 18.4 mi
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Moody Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Wine Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of The Foxfire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat TopENE 59°1,259 m5.4 mi
Alex MountainNE 44°1,246 m5.7 mi
Wolf KnobNW 310°1,209 m5.6 mi
Oakey MountainNE 52°1,161 m2.9 mi
Penson KnobNW 319°1,153 m3.7 mi
Gulf KnobNW 319°1,151 m4.3 mi
Scaly KnobNW 321°1,138 m4.6 mi
Rattlesnake KnobENE 61°1,133 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:2120:1420:51
September equinox07:2218:5919:32
December solstice07:3816:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363945536066696864554739
Precip in6.25.86.45.55.36.05.66.05.85.25.87.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2 SW, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12714987877

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