Big Cedar Mountain
Big Cedar Mountain rises to 1,126 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacobs Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31578648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,126 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Cliffs · 10 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacobs Knob: 0.6 mi
- Steel Trap Knob: 0.8 mi
- Granny Top: 0.8 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 0.8 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.1 mi
- Reece State Memorial: 5.4 mi
- The Green Space: 6.1 mi
- Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Vogel State Park: 6.5 mi
- Campscape: 7.4 mi
- Trahlyta Burial Ground: 4.8 mi
- Old tractor: 5.6 mi
- Tasting Room: 6.6 mi
- Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center: 7.8 mi
- Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 9.1 mi
- Upper Canada Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Lower Canada Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Dicks Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Walden Creek Waterfall: 3.3 mi
- Blood Mountain Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 8.6 mi
- Lewis Monument: 11.0 mi
- Mcdonalds House: 11.2 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail Southern Terminus: 12.3 mi
- John B. Derden CCC Museum: 6.7 mi
- Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 10.8 mi
- Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 10.8 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 13.0 mi
- White County History Museum: 14.4 mi
- Outside the Lines Art Studio: 20.2 mi
- Open Bible: 20.5 mi
- Praying Hands: 20.5 mi
- Kneeling Jesus: 20.5 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 24.1 mi
- Shellot Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Blue Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Grimes Nose: 18.5 mi
- Sheep Nose: 20.9 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 12.2 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Poop Island: 19.6 mi
- Buck Shoals Beach: 22.4 mi
- Disharoon Beach: 23.5 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 24.9 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 10.8 mi
- Storm Debris Site Test: 13.2 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 22.9 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 10.1 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.4 mi
- Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Big Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Mountain | NE 42° | 1,355 m | 4.7 mi |
| Slaughter Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,317 m | 4.7 mi |
| Coosa Bald | NNE 15° | 1,303 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | NNE 20° | 1,197 m | 5.8 mi |
| Levelland Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,160 m | 6.0 mi |
| Turkey Stamp | NE 36° | 1,150 m | 3.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 355° | 1,147 m | 2.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 219° | 1,139 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blairsville EXP STN, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 354710 — Big Cedar Mountain, Union County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768379
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