Collins Mountain
Collins Mountain rises to 744 m in Georgia. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the north-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Redis Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31581146, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 744 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cohutta Overlook · 11 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 12 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 15 mi
- Fort Mountain Scenic Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Redis Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Pisgah Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hickorynut Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Porter Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.0 mi
- Fannin County Park: 7.2 mi
- Downtown Blue Ridge Park: 8.0 mi
- Willa Mae Haight Park: 8.0 mi
- Blue Ridge City Park: 8.5 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 7.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 8.0 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 9.6 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 9.8 mi
- Red Apple Barn: 12.7 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls 25: 7.4 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 9.1 mi
- Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 9.7 mi
- Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 9.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 14.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 17.3 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 20.7 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Appalachian Trail Plaque: 23.0 mi
- White Cliffs: 4.3 mi
- Panther Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 12.8 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 10.5 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 22.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 22.6 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 21.9 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 23.0 mi
- Poop Island: 10.7 mi
- Shady Beach: 17.3 mi
- Parksville Beach: 18.4 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 7.7 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 12.5 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 13.6 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Collins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,276 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cowpen Mountain | W 280° | 1,264 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 266° | 1,222 m | 9.2 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | W 274° | 1,101 m | 5.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SW 229° | 1,094 m | 2.4 mi |
| Hemp Top | NNW 336° | 1,089 m | 7.4 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,085 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,074 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 330467 — Collins Mountain, Fannin County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358715568
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