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Rocky Knob

Rocky Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Knob rises to 779 m in Georgia. Big Bald Mountain stands 1,235 m to the southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hickoryland Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Fannin County, Georgia, United States.

Wikidata Q31590886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
779 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.81481, -84.22297

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Morganton Point Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Fannin County Veterans Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
  • Tammen Park: 6.2 mi
  • Blue Ridge City Park: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Serenberry Vineyards Tasting Room: 2.9 mi
  • Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 6.8 mi
  • Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 8.6 mi
  • Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Rolling Thunder River Company: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Sea Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Little Rock Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Noontootla Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Lower Canada Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 6
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bald MountainSW1,235 m7.1 mi
Little Bald MountainSW1,198 m7.7 mi
Cold MountainWSW1,165 m7.7 mi
Horsepen MountainSW1,069 m6.1 mi
Licklog MountainESE1,061 m5.6 mi
Rocky MountainWSW1,052 m5.8 mi
Payne KnobE1,040 m7.4 mi
Gregory KnobE1,028 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:49
June solstice06:2520:1720:54
September equinox07:2619:0219:35
December solstice07:4116:5117:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147556370747367574741
Precip in5.84.85.65.24.55.64.95.34.44.24.75.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blairsville EXP STN, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358718052

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