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Columbia Mountain

Columbia Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Columbia Mountain rises to 978 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Glass Mine Top, a peak 0.8 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31581213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
978 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.65731, -83.96047

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 29
  • Dicks Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Walden Creek Waterfall: 3.5 mi
  • Lower DeSoto Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Upper Canada Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
  • DeSoto Falls: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 28
Historic sites: 21
  • Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 8.0 mi
  • Mcdonalds House: 8.8 mi
  • Lewis Monument: 8.9 mi
  • Uhuburg Castle: 12.6 mi
  • Auraria: 13.1 mi
Museums: 8
  • John B. Derden CCC Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 8.7 mi
  • White County History Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Historic White County Courthouse Museum: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Storm Debris Site Test: 10.4 mi
  • Nextgen Pest Solutions: 13.5 mi
  • Ada Mae Pass Ivester Children's Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Atlanta Botanical Gardens Gainesville: 23.7 mi
  • Overlook Garden: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Praying Hands: 18.5 mi
  • Open Bible: 18.5 mi
  • Kneeling Jesus: 18.5 mi
  • Outside the Lines Art Studio: 18.8 mi
  • Bear: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Buck Shoals Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Poop Island: 22.3 mi
  • Disharoon Beach: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 7.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Columbia Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood MountainNNE 13°1,355 m5.8 mi
Slaughter MountainN 5°1,317 m6.3 mi
Wildcat KnobN 1°1,197 m7.7 mi
CowrockNE 53°1,170 m7.4 mi
Levelland MountainNE 35°1,160 m6.2 mi
Green Cliff TopNE 51°1,153 m7.4 mi
Wolf Laurel TopNE 46°1,151 m6.8 mi
Turkey StampN 6°1,150 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:48
June solstice06:2420:1520:53
September equinox07:2519:0119:34
December solstice07:4016:5117:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 331441 — Columbia Mountain, Lumpkin County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358716817

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