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Brightwood Park

Brightwood Park from directly overhead

Brightwood Park is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 294 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
294 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.77455, -84.34020

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oak Grove Park: 0.1 mi
  • Virgilee Park: 0.2 mi
  • Druid Hills Historic District: 0.2 mi
  • Goldsboro Park: 0.3 mi
  • Springdale Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Cator Woolford Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Gilliam Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Cannon Chapel Mandala Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Theology Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Cox Hall Garden: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 40
Peaks: 20
Nature reserves: 17
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Aarlington Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Costley Mill Park Beach: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Trentham Spring: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brightwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennesaw MountainNW 315°543 m19.6 mi
Stone MountainE 79°514 m11.4 mi
Sweat MountainNNW 342°500 m21.3 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainNW 314°488 m19.6 mi
Lost MountainWNW 300°462 m23.8 mi
Blackjack MountainNNW 329°418 m16.9 mi
Pine MountainNW 310°396 m22.9 mi
Pigeon HillNW 313°378 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2820:1520:52
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:3916:5517:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 8 mi away.

  • American tuliptree290 obs
  • American beech279 obs
  • Green Anole263 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel243 obs
  • box elder241 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs239 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle236 obs
  • eastern redbud205 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358710351

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