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Keener Mountain

Keener Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Keener Mountain rises to 978 m in Georgia. Little Bald stands 1,527 m to the northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31586230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
978 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.93926, -83.45405

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
  • Bettys Creek Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Black Rock Mountain State Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hambidge Center Historic District: 3.5 mi
  • Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Big Laurel Falls: 6.2 mi
  • 501 Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Mooney Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Bull Cove Falls: 6.7 mi
  • High Falls: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 19
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 9
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 15.8 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 16.1 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 21.3 mi
  • Cobbs Bridge: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Wine Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Moody Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Keener Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldNW 316°1,527 m5.5 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 336°1,525 m4.5 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 338°1,515 m4.8 mi
Little Ridgepole MountainNNW 345°1,472 m5.4 mi
Pickens NoseN 358°1,472 m5.8 mi
Dicks KnobNW 310°1,409 m5.0 mi
Grassy RidgeNNW 332°1,343 m3.5 mi
Steeltrap KnobNW 305°1,216 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:2120:1420:52
September equinox07:2318:5919:32
December solstice07:3916:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556268717065554639
Precip in6.56.06.45.85.96.46.36.16.35.16.07.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Germany Valley, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332132 — Keener Mountain, Rabun County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358717430

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