Big Grassy Knob
Big Grassy Knob rises to 1,101 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the south-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Coosa Bald, a peak 0.7 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31578678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1101 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Cliffs · 9 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coosa Bald: 0.7 mi
- Little Grassy Knob: 0.7 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 1.4 mi
- Bowers Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Ben Knob: 1.6 mi
- Vogel State Park: 2.6 mi
- Reece State Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Meeks Park II: 5.2 mi
- Meeks Park (expansion): 5.5 mi
- Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center: 3.0 mi
- World's Largest Amish Chair: 4.1 mi
- Track Rock Gap Petroglyph Site: 8.0 mi
- Trahlyta Burial Ground: 11.1 mi
- Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 12.2 mi
- Blood Mountain Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Nottely Falls: 3.9 mi
- Helton Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- DeSoto Falls: 5.4 mi
- Upper DeSoto Falls: 5.5 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 7.7 mi
- Uhuburg Castle: 13.3 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 16.2 mi
- White Church: 17.1 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 17.2 mi
- John B. Derden CCC Museum: 2.5 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 6.1 mi
- White County History Museum: 17.3 mi
- Historic White County Courthouse Museum: 17.3 mi
- Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 17.7 mi
- Shellot Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Blue Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Sheep Nose: 13.9 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Grimes Nose: 17.4 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 10.5 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 5.8 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 16.4 mi
- Storm Debris Site Test: 17.8 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 17.2 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 17.2 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 17.2 mi
- Poop Island: 18.6 mi
- Buck Shoals Beach: 24.4 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 9.6 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 16.9 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Big Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,355 m | 3.6 mi |
| Slaughter Mountain | S 169° | 1,317 m | 2.9 mi |
| Coosa Bald | SSW 196° | 1,303 m | 0.7 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | S 173° | 1,197 m | 1.4 mi |
| Levelland Mountain | SE 139° | 1,160 m | 5.3 mi |
| Turkey Stamp | S 172° | 1,150 m | 3.7 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,147 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buckeye Knob | W 268° | 1,138 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 331161 — Big Grassy Knob, Union County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358716470
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