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Perkerson Park

Perkerson Park from directly overhead

Perkerson Park is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 292 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Millican Park, a park 0.6 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
292 m
Getting there

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Coordinates33.71122, -84.41271
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Millican Park: 0.6 mi
  • McDaniel Branch Wetlands: 0.9 mi
  • Adair Park: 1.0 mi
  • Arthur Langford, Jr. Park: 1.0 mi
  • Joyland Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions: 38
  • The Walking Dead - Kingdom filming location: 1.1 mi
  • The Walking Dead - Terminus filming location: 1.7 mi
  • The Wren's Nest: 1.9 mi
  • Fountain of Rings: 3.5 mi
  • Olympic Rings: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
  • Cascade Springs Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Intrenchment Creek greenspace: 5.0 mi
  • Lullwater Conservation Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Woodlands Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Reynolds Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 21
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Aarlington Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Trentham Spring: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennesaw MountainNNW 332°543 m20.7 mi
Stone MountainENE 67°514 m16.7 mi
Sweat MountainN 354°500 m24.7 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainNNW 331°488 m20.5 mi
Lost MountainNW 315°462 m23.1 mi
Blackjack MountainNNW 346°418 m19.3 mi
Pine MountainNW 325°396 m23.4 mi
Cedar MountainW 277°379 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1719:50
June solstice06:2820:1520:52
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:3916:5617:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637178818075655447
Precip in4.64.64.73.83.64.54.84.33.83.34.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Hartsfield-jackson INT, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gulf Fritillary80 obs
  • Green Anole49 obs
  • Pinkladies47 obs
  • common ivy44 obs
  • American sweetgum43 obs
  • American tuliptree43 obs
  • Carolina Mantis42 obs
  • eastern poison ivy41 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358698000

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