Sheep Knob
Sheep Knob rises to 825 m in Georgia. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31591923, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 825 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cohutta Overlook · 8 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 9 mi
- Fort Mountain Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Frozen Knob: 0.9 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Douglas Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Harrison Park of Ellijay: 6.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.7 mi
- Downtown Blue Ridge Park: 10.5 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls 25: 5.6 mi
- Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 8.3 mi
- Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 8.4 mi
- Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 11.9 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 13.0 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 6.5 mi
- Red Apple Barn: 7.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 10.6 mi
- Cartecay Vineyards Tasting Barn: 13.8 mi
- Engelheim Vineyards Tasting Room: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
- The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway: 17.6 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 19.7 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Richard Fowler Shoolbred, Sr.: 20.4 mi
- White Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 7.5 mi
- Panther Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Fincher Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Poop Island: 12.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 21.2 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 22.0 mi
- Parksville Beach: 22.7 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 17.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 19.8 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 6.7 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 8.4 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 10.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Sheep Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpen Mountain | NW 324° | 1,264 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,232 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,222 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cold Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,165 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,126 m | 9.4 mi |
| Turniptown Mountain | SE 133° | 1,103 m | 9.2 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | NW 324° | 1,101 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | N 355° | 1,094 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358718171
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