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Chestnut Knob

Chestnut Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Knob rises to 702 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Glass Mine Top, a peak 1.0 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31580678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
702 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.65120, -83.98436

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
  • The Green Space: 5.1 mi
  • Campscape: 6.8 mi
  • Lake Zwerner and Yahoola Creek Reservoir: 7.1 mi
  • Reece State Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Wimpy Mill Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 26
  • Walden Creek Waterfall: 2.1 mi
  • Dicks Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Upper Canada Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Lower Canada Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Lower DeSoto Falls: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 8
  • Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 8.2 mi
  • John B. Derden CCC Museum: 8.8 mi
  • White County History Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Historic White County Courthouse Museum: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Storm Debris Site Test: 11.2 mi
  • Nextgen Pest Solutions: 13.5 mi
  • Ada Mae Pass Ivester Children's Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Atlanta Botanical Gardens Gainesville: 23.8 mi
  • Overlook Garden: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Outside the Lines Art Studio: 17.9 mi
  • Praying Hands: 17.9 mi
  • Open Bible: 17.9 mi
  • Kneeling Jesus: 17.9 mi
  • Bear: 23.1 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 7.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Chestnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood MountainNNE1,355 m6.7 mi
Slaughter MountainNNE1,317 m7.0 mi
Levelland MountainNE1,160 m7.4 mi
Wolf Laurel TopNE1,151 m8.1 mi
Turkey StampNNE1,150 m6.1 mi
Rocky MountainN1,147 m5.3 mi
Black MountainNW1,139 m2.0 mi
Big Cedar MountainN1,126 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:48
June solstice06:2420:1620:53
September equinox07:2519:0119:34
December solstice07:4016:5117:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248566471757468584841
Precip in6.05.75.95.24.75.14.86.04.75.45.16.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 327442 — Chestnut Knob, Lumpkin County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358711705

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