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Scaly Knob

Scaly Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Scaly Knob rises to 1,138 m in Georgia. Little Bald stands 1,527 m to the west-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Gulf Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Georgia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31591639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1138 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.96315, -83.44849

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Bettys Creek Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Hambidge Center Historic District: 1.8 mi
  • Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
  • Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
  • Black Rock Mountain State Park: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Big Laurel Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Mooney Falls: 5.3 mi
  • High Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Bull Cove Falls: 6.0 mi
  • 501 Falls: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 19
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 9
  • Rabun County Confederate Monument: 6.4 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 16.1 mi
  • Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 16.2 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 21.0 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 6
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Wine Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Moody Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldWNW 299°1,527 m4.7 mi
Ridgepole MountainNW 319°1,525 m3.3 mi
Big ButtNNW 345°1,520 m5.6 mi
Ridgepole MountainNW 323°1,515 m3.5 mi
Little Ridgepole MountainNNW 334°1,472 m3.9 mi
Pickens NoseN 353°1,472 m4.1 mi
Bearpen MountainNNW 339°1,471 m5.5 mi
Steeltrap KnobNNW 338°1,461 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:2120:1420:52
September equinox07:2218:5919:32
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 332988 — Scaly Knob, Rabun County, Georgia.

OpenStreetMap element node/358718133

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