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Rabun Beach Recreation Area

Rabun Beach Recreation Area from directly overhead

Rabun Beach Recreation Area is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 535 m. Baker Knob stands 1,089 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnehaha Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates34.75575, -83.47917

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Stonewall Falls: 4.8 mi
  • L'Eau d'Or Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Tempesta Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Hurricane Falls: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Nacoochee Park: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Seed Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Rabun County Park: 5.7 mi
  • Georgia Power Company Tallulah Point Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Moccasin Creek State Park: 8.7 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 21
Historic sites: 16
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 9.5 mi
  • White Church: 12.9 mi
  • Camp Toccoa: 14.8 mi
  • Uhuburg Castle: 15.6 mi
  • Cobbs Bridge: 17.4 mi
Museums: 14
  • Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 4.5 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 5.1 mi
  • The Foxfire Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Gathany Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Currahee Military Museum: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 6
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
  • Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi
  • Mark Trail Wilderness: 17.4 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 18.5 mi
  • Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 3
Springs: 2
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Buck Shoals Beach: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Big Red Apple: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Rabun Beach Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baker KnobWNW 292°1,089 m10.2 mi
Big FaceN 11°1,077 m10.1 mi
Glassy MountainN 349°1,046 m6.3 mi
Chimney MountainW 279°1,023 m10.1 mi
Oakey MountainW 264°960 m3.8 mi
Oakey MountainN 354°931 m9.1 mi
Falls MountainNW 316°928 m10.0 mi
Joe MountainNNW 348°917 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1319:46
June solstice06:2220:1420:51
September equinox07:2318:5919:32
December solstice07:3816:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404349576572757469594942
Precip in6.85.86.35.75.16.35.36.45.75.36.07.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton 1 SSW, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • fan clubmoss15 obs
  • pinesap11 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
  • Painted Suillus8 obs
  • Christmas fern7 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain7 obs
  • striped wintergreen7 obs
  • great rhododendron7 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 way/503654107

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