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Double Top

Double Top, seen from above at true elevation

Double Top rises to 672 m in Georgia. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Barnes Creek Falls 25, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31582383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
672 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.80730, -84.59438

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Mountain State Park: 6.6 mi
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
  • Murray County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 9.9 mi
  • Harrison Park of Ellijay: 10.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Barnes Creek Falls 25: 1.5 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 2.7 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 2.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 6.3 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 15.7 mi
  • The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway: 18.8 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 20.5 mi
  • Rifle: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Tabor House Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Whitfield County Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
  • Talking Rock Nature Park: 18.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Double Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cowpen MountainNNE1,264 m5.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW1,222 m4.4 mi
Little Bald MountainNW1,126 m4.3 mi
Grassy MountainNW1,125 m5.7 mi
Three Forks MountainNNE1,101 m5.2 mi
Flat Top MountainENE1,094 m6.3 mi
Potatopatch MountainN1,085 m2.1 mi
Buckeye MountainN1,074 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2620:1820:56
September equinox07:2719:0419:37
December solstice07:4316:5317:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606775797872615043
Precip in4.94.75.35.04.65.55.44.34.33.44.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 331581 — Double Top, Gilmer County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358716993

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