Fort Yargo State Park
Fort Yargo State Park is a nature reserve in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Fox Hill stands 389 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart Attack Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pocket Park: 1.0 mi
- Veteran's Commemorative Park: 1.5 mi
- Jug Tavern Park: 1.5 mi
- Hal Jackson Park: 1.6 mi
- Athens-Candler-Church Street Historic District: 1.7 mi
- Judy Hill Loftin,LPC Memorial Interchange: 2.2 mi
- Shoal Creek Church: 6.7 mi
- Hoschton Train Depot: 8.8 mi
- Charlotte Nash Interchange: 9.1 mi
- Seven Governors Have Lived in Walton County: 12.5 mi
- Welcome to Hoschton: 8.8 mi
- Helen's Horse: 12.4 mi
- MONROE Water Tower Sign Replica: 12.5 mi
- Jackson County Confederate Statue: 13.6 mi
- Glider: 13.7 mi
- MWCA Garden: 12.4 mi
- Demonstration And Teaching Garden: 14.9 mi
- Auxillary Healing Garden: 19.0 mi
- West Broad Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Rosella’s Garden: 20.1 mi
- Train Caboose Museum: 1.5 mi
- Barrow County Museum: 1.6 mi
- Auburn Historic Museum: 6.2 mi
- Sparky's Machines Auto Museum: 11.6 mi
- Monroe Museum: 12.4 mi
- Chevrolet 3100: 11.3 mi
- Tractors: 12.8 mi
- Pendergrass Flea Market: 13.2 mi
- old tractor: 16.5 mi
- Tree That Owns Itself: 20.1 mi
- Heart Attack Hill: 0.1 mi
- Pool Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Jacks Creek Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Price Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Buford Nature Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Barber Creek Battle Site: 19.4 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Trove Open Space: 20.5 mi
- Costley Mill Park Beach: 21.4 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Yargo State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Hill | NW 321° | 389 m | 24.3 mi |
| Price Mountain | N 353° | 367 m | 14.1 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | N 351° | 358 m | 17.8 mi |
| Lanier Mountain | WSW 244° | 344 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pool Mountain | NW 306° | 335 m | 9.6 mi |
| Alcovy Mountain | S 182° | 317 m | 16.6 mi |
| Jacks Creek Mountain | SSE 150° | 300 m | 11.9 mi |
| Cornish Mountain | SSW 193° | 284 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:52 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winder 4S, 3 mi away.
- Joro Spider161 obs
- Carolina Wren102 obs
- Blue-fronted Dancer100 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker96 obs
- Canada Goose84 obs
- shaggy-stalked bolete69 obs
- striped wintergreen66 obs
- cross vine62 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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