Little Kennesaw Mountain
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Little Kennesaw Mountain rises to 488 m in Georgia. Bear Mountain stands 700 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeon Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Little Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain in Cobb County, Georgia, northwest of Marietta and south of Kennesaw. It is a sub-peak of Kennesaw Mountain, the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the 1864 Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The defensive-minded Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston constructed a series of trenches from Kennesaw Mountain to Kolb Farm to prevent or delay Union general William T. Sherman's approach towards Atlanta, Georgia. For the purpose of defending the Confederate line, the Confederates constructed Fort McBride here, but Little Kennesaw Mountain experienced only skirmishes, with most of the fighting occurring to the south. Now a part of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, the mountain is part of a popular trail that strings from Burnt Hickory Road to the park visitor center, traversing Pigeon Hill and both mountains.
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Wikidata Q6650575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 488 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the South Fulton Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dueling Cannons: 0.7 mi
- Georgia Monument: 1.0 mi
- Johnston's Line East of Kennesaw: 1.4 mi
- Old Glover Tannery Ruins: 1.4 mi
- "Forest Hill" And The Fielding Lewis Chapter, NSDAR: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Park: 1.7 mi
- Gantt Park: 2.0 mi
- Lewis Park: 2.0 mi
- Marietta First United Methodist Church Park: 2.2 mi
- Monarch Park: 2.2 mi
- The Root House Museum and Garden: 2.3 mi
- Marietta Museum of History: 2.4 mi
- Old Zion Baptist Church Heritage Museum: 2.5 mi
- Marietta Fire Department Museum: 2.6 mi
- Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum: 2.7 mi
- Joy^2: 2.4 mi
- Big Little Chickens: 2.4 mi
- Our Town: 2.5 mi
- Balancing Birds: 3.9 mi
- Globe: 4.4 mi
- Reconnecting Our Roots Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Smith-Gilberrt Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Cherokee Garden: 4.5 mi
- Hammock Lounge/Garden - West 22: 5.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 0.4 mi
- Kennesaw Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Cheatham Hill: 2.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Sweet Eloise: 5.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 12.1 mi
- Roswell Mill: 13.5 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 13.8 mi
- old 1-cylinder engine: 13.8 mi
- Lynne & Charlie D'Huyvetter Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Cascade Springs Nature Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Lullwater Conservation Garden: 19.7 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 20.6 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Upper Tanyard Creek Swimming Beach: 10.2 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 11.5 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 15.2 mi
- BM Fort: 15.2 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 15.3 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Cooper Branch Day Use Area #1: 16.2 mi
- Cooper Branch Day Use Area #2: 16.3 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 18.6 mi
- Mead Road Park: 21.5 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 12.4 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 17.6 mi
- Anneewakee Falls: 19.8 mi
- Water Wheel: 22.8 mi
- Allatoona: 11.9 mi
- Constitution: 24.0 mi
- Trentham Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Kennesaw Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | N 352° | 700 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pine Log Mountain | N 353° | 689 m | 24.4 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | NNW 346° | 581 m | 23.4 mi |
| Kennesaw Mountain | NE 47° | 543 m | 0.6 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | NE 48° | 500 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Pine Log Mountain | NNW 342° | 487 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hickory Log Mountain | NNE 12° | 471 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNW 339° | 466 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mableton 1 N, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332236 — Little Kennesaw Mountain, Cobb County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358717496
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