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Bear Den Mountain

Bear Den Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Den Mountain rises to 851 m in Georgia. Big Bald Mountain stands 1,235 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bart Top, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31578326, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
851 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.83925, -84.42604

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bart Top: 0.4 mi
  • Bushy Head Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Porter Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Patterson Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Prince Mountain: 2.0 mi
Parks: 48
  • Downtown Blue Ridge Park: 5.9 mi
  • Willa Mae Haight Park: 6.0 mi
  • Blue Ridge City Park: 6.4 mi
  • Fannin County Park: 6.4 mi
  • Fannin County Veterans Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 6.0 mi
  • Georgia-Tennessee Border: 10.8 mi
  • Rolling Thunder River Company: 10.8 mi
  • Red Apple Barn: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Barnes Creek Falls 25: 8.9 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 11.6 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 11.7 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 12.4 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Springs: 1
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bear Den Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bald MountainSE 135°1,235 m8.5 mi
Rich MountainSE 144°1,232 m8.1 mi
Little Bald MountainSE 139°1,198 m8.4 mi
Cold MountainSE 138°1,165 m7.2 mi
Three Forks MountainWNW 289°1,101 m8.3 mi
Flat Top MountainWNW 282°1,094 m4.1 mi
Pink KnobW 276°1,060 m5.5 mi
Rocky MountainESE 117°1,052 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2520:1820:55
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:4216:5217:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606775797872615043
Precip in4.94.75.35.04.65.55.44.34.33.44.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358711334

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