Shooting Creek Bald
Shooting Creek Bald rises to 1,311 m in Georgia. Big Scaly stands 1,539 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hightower Bald, a peak 0.6 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Shooting Creek Bald is a summit in the U.S. state of Georgia. The elevation is 4,318 feet (1,316 m). This bald was named after Shooting Creek, in North Carolina.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q31592129, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,311 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Cliffs · 21 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 21 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 501 Falls: 4.9 mi
- Thomas Falls: 4.9 mi
- Bull Cove Falls: 5.2 mi
- New Falls: 5.4 mi
- High Falls: 6.2 mi
- Hightower Bald: 0.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pine Knob: 1.3 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mayapple Knob: 1.5 mi
- Coleman River Scenic Area: 5.9 mi
- Hiawassee Town Square: 7.6 mi
- Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Towns County Park: 8.2 mi
- Lake Chatuge Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Howitzer: 6.8 mi
- Fishing Hole Rock: 8.0 mi
- Waterwheel: 8.0 mi
- Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds: 8.3 mi
- Turbine: 9.3 mi
- Sheep Nose: 13.2 mi
- Blue Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Grimes Nose: 18.6 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 14.0 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 19.7 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 19.8 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 20.0 mi
- Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 20.9 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Rabun County Confederate Monument: 14.6 mi
- Uhuburg Castle: 20.1 mi
- White Church: 20.9 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 21.5 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 17.0 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 18.8 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 20.0 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Franklin Garden: 19.8 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
- Big Spring: 10.1 mi
- Wine Spring: 13.6 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.5 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 19.0 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 19.0 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 19.1 mi
- Burton: 11.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Shooting Creek Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Scaly | ENE 64° | 1,539 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Bald | E 80° | 1,527 m | 6.2 mi |
| Boteler Peak | NNW 345° | 1,524 m | 6.3 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | NE 39° | 1,510 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Laurel | NE 46° | 1,469 m | 4.8 mi |
| Kitchens Knob | NE 50° | 1,462 m | 3.8 mi |
| Chunky Gal Mountain | NE 39° | 1,454 m | 4.5 mi |
| Courthouse Bald | ENE 58° | 1,414 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:48 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Germany Valley, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358714600
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