High Top
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
- 5.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 5.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 18 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 28 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Salt Log Knob: 0.7 mi
- Stoney Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cabin Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Norton Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 10.7 mi
- Oconee Military Museum at Patriots Hall: 16.6 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee in South Carolina: 16.7 mi
- Oconee History Museum: 16.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 3.9 mi
- The Catstairs: 5.1 mi
- Sunset Rock: 5.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Chattooga Town: 5.0 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 8.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 11.1 mi
- Rabun County Confederate Monument: 12.0 mi
- Oconee Station: 12.1 mi
- 12 Spies Vineyards: 8.6 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 16.7 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 16.8 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 18.7 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 20.5 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 4.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 7.7 mi
- Big Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.8 mi
- Wine Spring: 24.8 mi
- Franklin Garden: 17.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 20.4 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 17.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.0 mi
- North Beach: 19.7 mi
- South Beach: 20.1 mi
- Ear: 23.1 mi
- Chalice: 23.7 mi
- American Eclipse: 23.7 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
- South: 20.2 mi
- Burton: 21.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabun Bald | W 266° | 1,431 m | 4.4 mi |
| Satulah Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,377 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Fodderstack Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,296 m | 5.4 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,295 m | 5.2 mi |
| Brushy Face | N 4° | 1,293 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flint Knob | W 268° | 1,283 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Yellow Mountain | N 2° | 1,281 m | 5.0 mi |
| Chinquapin Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,275 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
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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