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Providence Canyon State Park

Providence Canyon State Park from directly overhead

Providence Canyon State Park is a nature reserve in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Davis Hill stands 147 m to the north, 21 miles off. Barbour County Governor's Trail passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Georgia Department of Natural Rescources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.06276, -84.91849

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Delario Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Breckenridge Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Carson Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Acheson Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Vanvoris Hill: 15.6 mi
Parks: 43
  • Providence Canyon State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sheppard Plantation Battle Monument: 7.6 mi
  • Rood Creek Landing Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Florence Marina State Park: 7.8 mi
  • Bluff Creek Access Area: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 5
  • The Shorter Mansion: 17.6 mi
  • Hollis Creek Guided Tours HQs: 20.2 mi
  • U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection: 22.1 mi
  • Westville: 22.3 mi
  • National Infantry Museum: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Barbour County Rest Area: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Providence Canyon State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Davis HillN 359°147 m20.8 mi
Turner HillN 7°142 m21.0 mi
Holliday HillN 2°140 m20.8 mi
Green HillN 1°138 m20.1 mi
Davidson HillN 359°137 m20.2 mi
Singleton HillN 357°135 m19.7 mi
Ebbert HillN 358°133 m20.3 mi
Long HillN 1°133 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1919:52
June solstice06:3520:1420:50
September equinox07:2919:0619:38
December solstice07:3717:0317:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475057637178808075665549
Precip in4.84.94.94.23.65.65.73.63.43.64.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lumpkin 2 SE, 9 mi away.

  • gorge rhododendron111 obs
  • Plumleaf Azalea52 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard51 obs
  • bigleaf magnolia49 obs
  • wax myrtle35 obs
  • partridgeberry33 obs
  • Green Anole31 obs
  • netted chain fern29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/341079003

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