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Poplar Cove Mountain

Poplar Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Poplar Cove Mountain rises to 930 m in Georgia. Little Bald stands 1,527 m to the north-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Cliff Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31589503, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
930 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.91231, -83.57183

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coleman River Scenic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Moccasin Creek State Park: 4.7 mi
  • Moccasin Creek State Park: 4.7 mi
  • Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
  • Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Hemlock Falls: 4.7 mi
  • 501 Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Bull Cove Falls: 6.5 mi
  • High Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Thomas Falls: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 23
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 10
  • The Foxfire Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 15.2 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Macon County Historical Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Scottish Tartans Museum: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 10.7 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
  • Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
  • Mark Trail Wilderness: 17.0 mi
  • Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 19.3 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 9.9 mi
  • White Church: 17.3 mi
  • Uhuburg Castle: 17.4 mi
  • Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 20.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Big Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Wine Spring: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Buck Shoals Beach: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Poplar Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldNNE 26°1,527 m6.5 mi
Courthouse BaldN 353°1,414 m6.3 mi
Dicks KnobNNE 29°1,409 m5.8 mi
Hightower BaldNNW 331°1,338 m5.6 mi
Shooting Creek BaldNW 325°1,311 m5.7 mi
Sharp TopNNW 348°1,309 m5.9 mi
Double Spring KnobWSW 244°1,304 m5.3 mi
Mayapple KnobNW 312°1,221 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:46
June solstice06:2220:1520:52
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:3916:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1705048 — Poplar Cove Mountain, Rabun County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358782837

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