Hightop
Hightop rises to 816 m in Georgia. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31585068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 816 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Mountain Scenic Overlook · 4 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 5 mi
- Cohutta Overlook · 5 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Mountain State Park: 4.4 mi
- Ridgeway Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Woodring Branch Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- North Bank Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
- Damsite Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Cold Spring Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Brushy Top: 1.1 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 3.5 mi
- Tatum Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Red Apple Barn: 6.5 mi
- Engelheim Vineyards Tasting Room: 8.5 mi
- Chief Vann House State Historic Site: 10.4 mi
- Cartecay Vineyards Tasting Barn: 16.0 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 16.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway: 13.8 mi
- Harlan's Cross Roads: 15.8 mi
- Memorial Wall: 18.0 mi
- Rifle: 18.0 mi
- Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 5.3 mi
- Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 8.5 mi
- Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 8.6 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls 25: 8.9 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 18.6 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 10.3 mi
- White Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Fincher Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Panther Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Face: 21.7 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 9.5 mi
- Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 16.1 mi
- New Echota State Historic Site Museum: 18.9 mi
- Whitfield County Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 13.4 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 10.3 mi
- Lodge and Lawn: 20.7 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 11.1 mi
- Face: 23.7 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 22.0 mi
- Poop Island: 22.9 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 9.6 mi
- Due: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Hightop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpen Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,264 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 6° | 1,222 m | 10.7 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | N 4° | 1,126 m | 10.3 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | N 354° | 1,125 m | 10.6 mi |
| Turniptown Mountain | E 91° | 1,103 m | 15.8 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,101 m | 12.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 41° | 1,094 m | 13.0 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,085 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:53 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 331984 — Hightop, Gilmer County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358717287
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