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Potatopatch Mountain

Potatopatch Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Potatopatch Mountain rises to 1,085 m in Georgia. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Potatopatch Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31589616, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,085 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.83758, -84.59910

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
  • Fort Mountain State Park: 7.6 mi
  • Petty-Fairy Valley Park: 9.5 mi
  • Murray County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
  • Chatsworth City Park: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Barnes Creek Falls 25: 1.2 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 1.8 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 1.9 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 7.1 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
  • Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 13.8 mi
  • Rifle: 20.5 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 20.5 mi
  • The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Tabor House Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Whitfield County Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
  • Talking Rock Nature Park: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Potatopatch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cowpen MountainNNE1,264 m3.9 mi
Bald MountainNW1,222 m2.5 mi
Little Bald MountainWNW1,126 m2.6 mi
Grassy MountainWNW1,125 m4.4 mi
Three Forks MountainNE1,101 m3.5 mi
Flat Top MountainE1,094 m5.8 mi
Hemp TopNNE1,089 m10.3 mi
Buckeye MountainN1,074 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2620:1820:56
September equinox07:2719:0419:37
December solstice07:4316:5317:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606775797872615043
Precip in4.94.75.35.04.65.55.44.34.33.44.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332743 — Potatopatch Mountain, Gilmer County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358717863

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