Flint Knob
Flint Knob rises to 1,283 m in Georgia. Rabun Bald stands 1,431 m to the east, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Alex Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31583157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,283 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 17 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Middle Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Middle Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Dome Falls: 3.3 mi
- Serenity Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Serenity Falls: 3.9 mi
- Alex Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Rabun Bald: 0.9 mi
- Flat Top: 1.1 mi
- Fodderstack: 1.4 mi
- Ford Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Blue Valley Experimental Forest: 5.0 mi
- Warwoman Dell: 6.3 mi
- Black Rock Mountain State Park: 7.1 mi
- Stekoa Creek Park: 7.1 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 2.3 mi
- The Catstairs: 5.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.0 mi
- Cullasaja Gorge: 10.6 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 6.1 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 15.3 mi
- Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 16.3 mi
- Rabun County Confederate Monument: 7.9 mi
- Chattooga Town: 9.0 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 13.4 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 15.7 mi
- Oconee Station: 16.1 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 3.5 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 12.4 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 14.4 mi
- forest service Rd 27: 17.8 mi
- Sliding Rock - Wildcat Creek: 18.9 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 8.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 21.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 22.7 mi
- North Beach: 24.4 mi
- South Beach: 24.7 mi
- Big Spring: 11.2 mi
- Moody Spring: 12.8 mi
- Wine Spring: 20.8 mi
- Franklin Garden: 15.3 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- Common Gardening: 24.9 mi
- Ear: 24.3 mi
- Chalice: 25.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 25.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 10.9 mi
- Burton: 16.4 mi
- South: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Flint Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabun Bald | E 100° | 1,431 m | 0.9 mi |
| Curtiss Knob | NNE 21° | 1,369 m | 5.6 mi |
| Chinquapin Mountain | NE 39° | 1,275 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Scaly | NE 36° | 1,273 m | 5.5 mi |
| Osage Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,272 m | 3.1 mi |
| Flat Top | S 182° | 1,259 m | 1.1 mi |
| Alex Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,246 m | 0.7 mi |
| Duck Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,243 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2 SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358717069
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