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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 894 m. Springer Mountain stands 1,148 m to the south-southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

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Coordinates34.67183, -84.16962

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • The Green Space: 6.4 mi
  • Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
  • Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
  • Wimpy Mill Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Hancock Park: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 2.6 mi
  • Bert's Farm: 9.7 mi
  • Tasting Room: 12.1 mi
  • Hillcrest Orchards: 12.2 mi
  • Old tractor: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 23
Waterfalls: 22
  • Long Creek Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Noontootla Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Little Rock Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Canada Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Canada Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
Museums: 10
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
  • Talking Rock Nature Park: 22.0 mi
  • Mark Trail Wilderness: 22.3 mi
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 22.6 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 16.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Springer MountainSSW 204°1,148 m3.4 mi
Ball MountainSSW 197°1,109 m3.0 mi
Black MountainSSW 206°1,100 m4.5 mi
Hawk MountainESE 114°1,089 m1.8 mi
Frozen KnobENE 75°1,039 m3.0 mi
High HouseW 275°1,038 m3.8 mi
Frosty MountainSSW 212°1,033 m6.1 mi
Buzzard RoostW 269°1,020 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2520:1620:54
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:4116:5217:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147556370747367574741
Precip in5.84.85.65.24.55.64.95.34.44.24.75.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blairsville EXP STN, 18 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • great rhododendron20 obs
  • galax18 obs
  • bloodroot10 obs
  • fan clubmoss10 obs
  • Christmas fern9 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain9 obs
  • Ghost Pipe8 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/520422798

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