Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 971 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Roost, a peak 0.3 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States of America
Wikidata Q32848150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 971 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Cliffs · 9 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeon Roost: 0.3 mi
- Granny Top: 0.7 mi
- Big Cedar Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Baker Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Jacobs Knob: 1.5 mi
- Reece State Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Vogel State Park: 5.6 mi
- Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- Campscape: 6.7 mi
- The Green Space: 7.1 mi
- Trahlyta Burial Ground: 4.9 mi
- Old tractor: 5.9 mi
- Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center: 6.8 mi
- Tasting Room: 7.0 mi
- Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 10.0 mi
- Dicks Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- Blood Mountain Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Canada Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lower DeSoto Falls: 3.4 mi
- DeSoto Falls: 3.4 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 7.5 mi
- Lewis Monument: 11.5 mi
- Mcdonalds House: 11.6 mi
- Uhuburg Castle: 12.9 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 13.3 mi
- John B. Derden CCC Museum: 5.7 mi
- Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 11.3 mi
- Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 11.3 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 12.5 mi
- White County History Museum: 13.8 mi
- Outside the Lines Art Studio: 21.0 mi
- Praying Hands: 21.1 mi
- Open Bible: 21.1 mi
- Kneeling Jesus: 21.1 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 23.5 mi
- Shellot Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Blue Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Grimes Nose: 17.5 mi
- Sheep Nose: 20.1 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 11.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 10.7 mi
- Storm Debris Site Test: 12.9 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Poop Island: 20.1 mi
- Buck Shoals Beach: 21.7 mi
- Disharoon Beach: 24.5 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 10.5 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 13.4 mi
- Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Mountain | NE 36° | 1,355 m | 3.7 mi |
| Slaughter Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,317 m | 3.8 mi |
| Coosa Bald | N 6° | 1,303 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | NNE 11° | 1,197 m | 5.1 mi |
| Levelland Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,160 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wolf Laurel Top | ENE 71° | 1,151 m | 6.0 mi |
| Turkey Stamp | NNE 27° | 1,150 m | 3.0 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,147 m | 2.4 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 | 16:51 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 327260 — Buck Knob, Lumpkin County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358711552
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