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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
Waterfalls: 29
  • 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: 28
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
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 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 7.3 miles of Rock Spring Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blood MountainN 2°1,355 m5.5 mi
Slaughter MountainN 354°1,317 m6.1 mi
CowrockNE 48°1,170 m6.4 mi
Levelland MountainNNE 26°1,160 m5.4 mi
Green Cliff TopNE 46°1,153 m6.4 mi
Wolf Laurel TopNE 40°1,151 m5.8 mi
Turkey StampN 353°1,150 m5.2 mi
Rocky MountainNW 325°1,147 m5.6 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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