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High Top

High Top, seen from above at true elevation

High Top rises to 759 m in Georgia. Rabun Bald stands 1,431 m to the west, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Log Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31584972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
759 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.97009, -83.22182

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Blue Valley Experimental Forest: 2.9 mi
  • Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
  • Chattooga Wild and Scenic River: 5.6 mi
  • Ravenel Park: 5.6 mi
  • Kelsey-Hutchinson Park: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls
  • Chasm Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Secret Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Picklesimer Rock House Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Lower Satulah Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Brooks Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 5
Springs: 4
  • Moody Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Cool Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Wine Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandstone Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.0 mi
  • North Beach: 19.7 mi
  • South Beach: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Ear: 23.1 mi
  • Wi: 23.7 mi
  • Chalice: 23.7 mi
  • American Eclipse: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • South: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rabun BaldW 266°1,431 m4.4 mi
Satulah MountainNNE 20°1,377 m4.9 mi
Little Fodderstack MountainNNE 25°1,296 m5.4 mi
Fodderstack MountainNNE 26°1,295 m5.2 mi
Brushy FaceN 4°1,293 m4.7 mi
Flint KnobW 268°1,283 m5.3 mi
Little Yellow MountainN 2°1,281 m5.0 mi
Chinquapin MountainNNW 341°1,275 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:2020:1320:51
September equinox07:2218:5819:31
December solstice07:3816:4717:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643505865686661524236
Precip in8.06.97.67.06.67.27.17.18.06.57.88.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Highlands, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 328158 — High Top, Rabun County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358712465

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