Yellow River Park
Yellow River Park is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Stone Mountain stands 514 m to the west-northwest, 4.4 miles off. Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the Monticello Crossroads Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellow River Park: 0.2 mi
- Deshong Park: 1.9 mi
- Rock Chapel Park: 1.9 mi
- Parkwood Farms: 3.7 mi
- Lenora Park Pool: 4.0 mi
- Quarry Exhibit: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Hall: 4.4 mi
- Confederate Hall: 5.4 mi
- Miniature Chair Museum: 5.9 mi
- Old County Jail Museum: 8.9 mi
- Valor: 4.4 mi
- Georgia Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Texas Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Alabama Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Arkansas Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Riding Skeleton: 9.2 mi
- Adams Center/Refuge Coffee Mural: 9.8 mi
- It’s a Beautiful Day in Lawrenceville, GA: 12.5 mi
- Valentine: 12.9 mi
- Roaring Social: 13.0 mi
- Good Shepherd Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Clarkston International Garden: 9.4 mi
- Clarkston Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Pollinator garden: 9.6 mi
- Henderson Park Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Ante Bellum Plantation House: 4.6 mi
- Old Trucks: 5.1 mi
- North Georgia Live Steamers: 11.0 mi
- Tiny Towny: 11.7 mi
- Chevrolet 3100: 12.6 mi
- DeKalb County greenspace: 8.9 mi
- Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 9.8 mi
- Rockdale County Greenspace: 11.7 mi
- Decastro Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Rock Chapel Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Stone Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Lanier Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Arabia Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Studdard Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Mead Road Park: 13.6 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 19.3 mi
- Costley Mill Park Beach: 9.9 mi
- Swan Lake Estates Beach: 16.1 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 20.7 mi
- Water Wheel: 15.3 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Constitution: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mountain | WNW 286° | 514 m | 4.4 mi |
| Lanier Mountain | NNE 26° | 344 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pool Mountain | NNE 33° | 335 m | 21.8 mi |
| Alcovy Mountain | ESE 102° | 317 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 188° | 314 m | 5.3 mi |
| Druid Hill | W 277° | 300 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | SSW 197° | 290.823 m | 8.9 mi |
| Arabia Mountain | SSW 197° | 289 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:54 | 17:32 |
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 | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 14 mi away.
- mountain laurel16 obs
- leatherleaf mahonia15 obs
- kudzu11 obs
- leafy elephant's-foot11 obs
- bloodroot10 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
- Joro Spider10 obs
- White beggarticks10 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 way/291350144
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