Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. Fort Mountain stands 868 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- West Overlook · 22 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 22 mi
- Fort Mountain Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mill Creek Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Barn Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Horn Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Al Rollings Park: 8.6 mi
- Lake Shore Park: 9.0 mi
- Brookwood Park: 9.1 mi
- V. D. Parrot Park: 9.6 mi
- Elliott Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Cherokee Indian Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Harlan's Cross Roads: 11.4 mi
- Memorial Wall: 11.5 mi
- Rifle: 11.5 mi
- Rocky Face: 12.2 mi
- Rocky Face: 12.6 mi
- Rocky Face: 12.9 mi
- Fincher Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Flatrock Point: 17.0 mi
- Resaca Battlefield State Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- New Echota State Historic Site: 11.6 mi
- Potato Hill Civil War Battlefield Park: 14.2 mi
- Chief Vann House State Historic Site: 16.1 mi
- Brotherton House: 21.9 mi
- Whitfield County Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
- New Echota State Historic Site Museum: 11.4 mi
- Old Stone Church: 18.1 mi
- Dr Steve's Place-Medical Msm: 18.9 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 20.3 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 15.6 mi
- Blue Hole: 16.1 mi
- Anderson Spring: 20.0 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 20.3 mi
- Keown Falls North 35: 2.8 mi
- Keown Falls South 25: 2.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 22.6 mi
- Little Sister of Liberty: 8.6 mi
- See Rock City: 14.4 mi
- Face: 22.8 mi
- Rest Area #35: 8.8 mi
- Rest Area #34 (I-75 North / MP 308.0): 18.3 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 22.0 mi
- John's Mountain WMA: 7.3 mi
- Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 24.1 mi
- Everett Springs: 10.7 mi
- Windwood Bulk Center: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Mountain | ENE 65° | 868 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cohutta Mountain | ENE 70° | 841 m | 21.2 mi |
| Hightop | E 79° | 816 m | 24.0 mi |
| Cold Spring Mountain | E 79° | 808 m | 23.5 mi |
| Brushy Top | E 82° | 731 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | ENE 72° | 677 m | 21.9 mi |
| Gulf Mountain | W 266° | 659 m | 23.2 mi |
| Round Top | NW 305° | 647 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:19 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:20 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalton, 13 mi away.
- Carolina sweetshrub12 obs
- fire pink9 obs
- bashful wakerobin9 obs
- woodland pinkroot8 obs
- Juvenal's Duskywing7 obs
- Small's ragwort7 obs
- American Toad6 obs
- azure bluet6 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/358712633
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