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Shooting Creek Bald

Shooting Creek Bald, seen from above at true elevation

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
1311 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.98037, -83.62933

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Attractions: 21
  • Howitzer: 6.8 mi
  • Fishing Hole Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Waterwheel: 8.0 mi
  • Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds: 8.3 mi
  • Turbine: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • 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
Gardens: 3
Springs: 3
  • Big Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Wine Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big ScalyENE 64°1,539 m6.0 mi
Little BaldE 80°1,527 m6.2 mi
Yellow MountainNE 39°1,510 m6.0 mi
Big LaurelNE 46°1,469 m4.8 mi
Kitchens KnobNE 50°1,462 m3.8 mi
Chunky Gal MountainNE 39°1,454 m4.5 mi
Courthouse BaldENE 58°1,414 m3.0 mi
Dicks KnobE 87°1,409 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2220:1520:52
September equinox07:2319:0019:33
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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358714600

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