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Dug Mountain

Dug Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Dug Mountain rises to 553 m in Georgia. Little Bald Mountain stands 1,126 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Al Rollings Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31582546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
553 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.73314, -85.01884

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Al Rollings Park: 2.5 mi
  • Brookwood Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lake Shore Park: 2.8 mi
  • V. D. Parrot Park: 3.3 mi
  • Civitan Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 36
  • Memorial Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Rifle: 5.1 mi
  • Elliott Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • Harlan's Cross Roads: 13.2 mi
  • Cherokee Indian Memorial: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 30
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 8
  • Keown Falls North 35: 9.3 mi
  • Keown Falls South 25: 9.5 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 18.4 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 23.0 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Museums: 6
Springs: 5
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Blue Hole: 18.3 mi
  • Anderson Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 16.3 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 21.0 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 22.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Dug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Bald MountainENE 68°1,126 m23.3 mi
Grassy MountainENE 66°1,125 m21.7 mi
Fort MountainE 79°868 m17.9 mi
Tatum MountainE 84°844 m21.7 mi
Cohutta MountainE 86°841 m17.3 mi
HightopE 94°816 m21.0 mi
Cold Spring MountainE 95°808 m20.6 mi
Turkey MountainE 80°735 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:52
June solstice06:2820:2020:57
September equinox07:2919:0519:39
December solstice07:4416:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553606876797973625144

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalton, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358717003

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