Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain rises to 870 m in Georgia. Rabun Bald stands 1,431 m to the west-southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Valley Experimental Forest, a park 1.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31579500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 870 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 18 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 27 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Valley Experimental Forest: 1.4 mi
- Ravenel Park: 5.0 mi
- Kelsey-Hutchinson Park: 5.1 mi
- Highlands Recreation Park: 5.2 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Chasm Falls: 1.5 mi
- Picklesimer Rock House Falls: 2.2 mi
- Lower Serenity Falls: 2.7 mi
- Serenity Falls: 2.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Salt Log Knob: 1.5 mi
- High Top: 1.6 mi
- Ostin Knob: 1.8 mi
- Stoney Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cornet Knob: 2.7 mi
- The Catstairs: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Sunset Rock: 5.0 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 5.2 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 10.4 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 15.5 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 15.6 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 18.3 mi
- Chattooga Town: 6.6 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Rabun County Confederate Monument: 12.0 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 12.6 mi
- Oconee Station: 13.7 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 8.0 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 16.7 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 17.3 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 18.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 19.8 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 4.2 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 9.0 mi
- Big Spring: 14.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 21.3 mi
- Wine Spring: 23.3 mi
- Franklin Garden: 15.6 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 20.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 21.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 17.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 18.4 mi
- North Beach: 21.2 mi
- South Beach: 21.7 mi
- Ear: 21.9 mi
- Chalice: 22.5 mi
- American Eclipse: 22.6 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Burton: 20.8 mi
- South: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabun Bald | WSW 245° | 1,431 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,381 m | 4.3 mi |
| Satulah Mountain | NE 39° | 1,377 m | 4.2 mi |
| Curtiss Knob | NNW 329° | 1,369 m | 4.3 mi |
| Big Dog Mountain | N 358° | 1,316 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Fodderstack Mountain | NE 42° | 1,296 m | 4.8 mi |
| Peggy Knob | NNW 331° | 1,296 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | NE 45° | 1,295 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Highlands, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358716584
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