Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 537 m. Big Bald Mountain stands 1,235 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Poop Island, a beach 0.6 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 537 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cohutta Overlook · 20 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 21 mi
- Fort Mountain Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Snake Nation Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Davenport Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Hickey Knob: 3.1 mi
- Fannin County Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Blue Ridge City Park: 1.9 mi
- Downtown Blue Ridge Park: 2.3 mi
- Willa Mae Haight Park: 2.3 mi
- Morganton Point Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Little Rock Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Sea Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Noontootla Falls: 12.3 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls 25: 16.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 2.3 mi
- Serenberry Vineyards Tasting Room: 5.5 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 5.7 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 10.5 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 10.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Appalachian Trail Plaque: 16.1 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail Southern Terminus: 16.1 mi
- Richard Fowler Shoolbred, Sr.: 17.0 mi
- White Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 14.9 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Panther Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 15.0 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 23.0 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 23.0 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 23.0 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 15.2 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 19.0 mi
- John B. Derden CCC Museum: 21.6 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 22.1 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 24.7 mi
- Poop Island: 0.6 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 24.5 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 20.4 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 14.2 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,235 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,232 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tickanetley Bald | SSW 199° | 1,209 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,198 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cold Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,165 m | 6.5 mi |
| Horsepen Mountain | S 188° | 1,069 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,052 m | 3.9 mi |
| Aaron Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,028 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blairsville EXP STN, 20 mi away.
- Christmas fern70 obs
- bashful wakerobin57 obs
- New York fern44 obs
- Little Brown Jugs43 obs
- American holly31 obs
- flowering dogwood24 obs
- pink lady's slipper21 obs
- lyreleaf sage18 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358715530
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