Central Georgia Branch Station Wildlife Management Area
Central Georgia Branch Station Wildlife Management Area is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Barnes Mountain stands 257 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Beach, a beach 3.4 miles away. Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 168 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway
- 6.8 mi off the Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway
74 named places within 25 miles
- Rock Eagle Lake 4-H Club Roadside Park Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Briarpatch Trail Park: 6.2 mi
- Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor Park: 7.0 mi
- Eatonton Historic District: 7.0 mi
- Deloach Park: 7.8 mi
- Seven Islands Road: 5.4 mi
- Adiel Sherwood Monument: 5.6 mi
- JSSF Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Confederates Monument: 7.0 mi
- Putnam County: 7.1 mi
- Georgia Writers Museum: 7.1 mi
- Bledsoe-Green House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Uncle Remus Museum: 7.3 mi
- Morgan County African-American: 12.7 mi
- Andalusia: the Home of Flannery O'Connor: 22.6 mi
- Bridge Beach: 3.4 mi
- Senior Beach: 3.5 mi
- EMC Beach: 3.6 mi
- Rocky Creek Beach: 24.1 mi
- Welcome to Eatonton: 7.0 mi
- "You Belong Here": 7.0 mi
- Famous Authors Mural: 7.1 mi
- Iron Horse: 23.4 mi
- Mothershed Hill: 15.3 mi
- Barnes Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 19.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Fifth St Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center: 16.2 mi
- Georgia Nature Center: 22.5 mi
- 155 mm gun M1: 7.8 mi
- Rest Area Number 53: 13.6 mi
- Jordan Spring: 14.7 mi
- Flat Rock: 14.9 mi
- Scull Shoals: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Georgia Branch Station Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Mountain | W 267° | 257 m | 18.3 mi |
| Cemetery Hill | NE 53° | 196 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:11 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:53 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello, 15 mi away.
- Carolina ruellia3 obs
- American sweetgum2 obs
- Brilliant Jumping Spider2 obs
- hemp dogbane2 obs
- Bitterweed2 obs
- sensitive fern2 obs
- Redbreast Sunfish2 obs
- beefsteak plant2 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/358763189
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