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Double Knob

Double Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Double Knob rises to 1,016 m in Georgia. Little Bald stands 1,527 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31582305, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1016 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.94454, -83.46516

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
  • Bettys Creek Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Hambidge Center Historic District: 3.3 mi
  • Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
  • Black Rock Mountain State Park: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls
  • Big Laurel Falls: 5.6 mi
  • 501 Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Bull Cove Falls: 6.0 mi
  • High Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Mooney Falls: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 19
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 9
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 15.2 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 16.7 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 21.9 mi
  • White Church: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 7
  • The Foxfire Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 14.4 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Macon County Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Scottish Tartans Museum: 17.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Wine Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Moody Spring: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Double Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldNW 319°1,527 m4.8 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 342°1,525 m3.9 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 344°1,515 m4.2 mi
Little Ridgepole MountainN 351°1,472 m4.9 mi
Pickens NoseN 5°1,472 m5.4 mi
Dicks KnobNW 311°1,409 m4.3 mi
Grassy RidgeNNW 340°1,343 m2.9 mi
Steeltrap KnobNW 306°1,216 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:2120:1420:52
September equinox07:2318:5919:32
December solstice07:3916:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556268717065554639
Precip in6.56.06.45.85.96.46.36.16.35.16.07.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Germany Valley, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358716987

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