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Queen Mine Knob

Queen Mine Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Queen Mine Knob rises to 1,101 m in Georgia. Big Scaly stands 1,539 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31589781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1101 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.96481, -83.46766

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
  • Bettys Creek Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Hambidge Center Historic District: 2.3 mi
  • Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
  • Coleman River Scenic Area: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Big Laurel Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Mooney Falls: 4.7 mi
  • High Falls: 4.9 mi
  • 501 Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Bull Cove Falls: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 19
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 9
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 7.0 mi
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 15.2 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 17.1 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 22.0 mi
  • White Church: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 6
  • The Foxfire Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Macon County Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 15.8 mi
  • Scottish Tartans Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Giddings Cottage Museum: 16.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Wine Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Moody Spring: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Queen Mine Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big ScalyNW 314°1,539 m5.3 mi
Little BaldNW 306°1,527 m3.7 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 335°1,525 m2.6 mi
Big ButtN 356°1,520 m5.3 mi
Ridgepole MountainNNW 339°1,515 m2.9 mi
Little Ridgepole MountainN 349°1,472 m3.5 mi
Pickens NoseN 8°1,472 m4.0 mi
Bearpen MountainN 350°1,471 m5.1 mi
Conditions

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 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332772 — Queen Mine Knob, Rabun County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358717893

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