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Fort Mountain State Park

Fort Mountain State Park from directly overhead

Fort Mountain State Park is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 775 m. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.75985, -84.70345

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Mountain State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chatsworth City Park: 3.7 mi
  • Murray County Veterans Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • North Murray: 6.9 mi
  • Ridgeway Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
Peaks
  • Cohutta Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Chestnut Knob: 1.3 mi
  • Fort Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Beaver Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Tatum Mountain: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 12
Historic sites: 12
  • Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Rifle: 14.3 mi
  • Harlan's Cross Roads: 15.9 mi
  • Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 1.1 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 6.4 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 6.6 mi
  • Barnes Creek Falls 25: 8.3 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 5
Beaches: 4
Nature reserves: 2
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
  • Talking Rock Nature Park: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 7.5 mi
Springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Fort Mountain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cowpen MountainNE 39°1,264 m11.6 mi
Bald MountainNNE 30°1,222 m8.4 mi
Little Bald MountainNNE 28°1,126 m7.7 mi
Grassy MountainNNE 15°1,125 m7.3 mi
Three Forks MountainNE 44°1,101 m11.4 mi
Flat Top MountainENE 62°1,094 m13.3 mi
Potatopatch MountainNE 48°1,085 m8.0 mi
Buckeye MountainNNE 30°1,074 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:51
June solstice06:2720:1920:56
September equinox07:2819:0419:37
December solstice07:4316:5317:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606775797872615043
Precip in4.94.75.35.04.65.55.44.34.33.44.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • galax68 obs
  • bashful wakerobin43 obs
  • Carolina sweetshrub29 obs
  • pink lady's slipper27 obs
  • striped wintergreen27 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain26 obs
  • shaggy-stalked bolete26 obs
  • Flame Azalea25 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/298729452

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