Hilchiti Experimental Forest
Hilchiti Experimental Forest is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Barnes Mountain stands 257 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hitchiti Experimental Forest, a park 0.7 miles away. Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hitchiti Experimental Forest: 0.7 mi
- Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge: 6.1 mi
- Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Liberty Park: 8.4 mi
- Museum of Arts and Sciences: 13.0 mi
- Monroe County Museum-Genealogy: 14.2 mi
- The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House: 14.4 mi
- Johnston–Felton–Hay House: 15.0 mi
- Cannonball House: 15.1 mi
- Otis Redding Memorial Marker: 9.5 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Medal of Honor: 15.3 mi
- The Power of One - A tribute to Rosa Parks: 15.3 mi
- Beck Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Love Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Providence Hill: 12.3 mi
- Mothershed Hill: 15.7 mi
- Lamar Mounds: 17.5 mi
- Highway 18 Ball Park Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Amerson River Park Playground Pavilion: 12.4 mi
- Sitting area: 23.2 mi
- Temple of wonder: 12.9 mi
- Cotton Avenue Revival Mural: 15.3 mi
- Vinson Plantation Bell: 23.3 mi
- Flat Rock: 15.9 mi
- Jordan Spring: 16.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.8 mi
- Indian Springs State Park: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hilchiti Experimental Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Mountain | N 349° | 257 m | 24.3 mi |
| Providence Hill | WSW 250° | 195 m | 12.3 mi |
| Andrews Hill | SSE 158° | 179 m | 21.5 mi |
| Lamar Mounds | SSE 161° | 88 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:11 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
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, 19 mi away.
- butterfly milkweed10 obs
- tall coreopsis10 obs
- Christmas fern9 obs
- Yellow Crownbeard8 obs
- Georgia calamint8 obs
- Spiked Hoarypea7 obs
- striped wintergreen6 obs
- jellied false coral fungus6 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/358715768
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