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Rock Spring Top

Rock Spring Top, seen from above at true elevation

Rock Spring Top rises to 771 m in Georgia. Blood Mountain stands 1,355 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbia Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31590778, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
771 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.66065, -83.94019

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
Waterfalls: 27
  • Dicks Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Lower DeSoto Falls: 3.5 mi
  • DeSoto Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Upper DeSoto Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Walden Creek Waterfall: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 27
Historic sites: 21
  • Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 7.0 mi
  • Mcdonalds House: 9.1 mi
  • Lewis Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Uhuburg Castle: 11.4 mi
  • Auraria: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Storm Debris Site Test: 9.7 mi
  • Nextgen Pest Solutions: 13.7 mi
  • Hamilton Gardens: 23.3 mi
  • Ada Mae Pass Ivester Children's Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Atlanta Botanical Gardens Gainesville: 23.5 mi
Museums: 8
  • John B. Derden CCC Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 9.2 mi
  • White County History Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Historic White County Courthouse Museum: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Praying Hands: 18.9 mi
  • Open Bible: 19.0 mi
  • Kneeling Jesus: 19.0 mi
  • Outside the Lines Art Studio: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Buck Shoals Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Poop Island: 23.1 mi
  • Disharoon Beach: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 8.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Rock Spring Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood MountainN1,355 m5.5 mi
Slaughter MountainN1,317 m6.1 mi
CowrockNE1,170 m6.4 mi
Levelland MountainNNE1,160 m5.4 mi
Green Cliff TopNE1,153 m6.4 mi
Wolf Laurel TopNE1,151 m5.8 mi
Turkey StampN1,150 m5.2 mi
Black MountainWNW1,139 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2420:1520:53
September equinox07:2419:0119:34
December solstice07:4016:5117:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248566471757468584841
Precip in6.05.75.95.24.75.14.86.04.75.45.16.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332884 — Rock Spring Top, Lumpkin County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358718036

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