Van Houten Mountain
Van Houten Mountain rises to 320 m in Georgia. Dowdell Knob stands 423 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McGraw Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Georgia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31593827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 320 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Interstate 185
86 named places within 25 miles
- McGraw Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Green Hill: 0.7 mi
- Salter Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dorster Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Top: 2.6 mi
- Sprewell Bluff Park: 6.3 mi
- WWII Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Greatest Generation Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Westside Park: 7.6 mi
- Weaver Park: 8.3 mi
- The Walking Dead - Saviors’ outpost filming location: 5.3 mi
- The Walking Dead - last Negan vs Rick fight location (tree on hill top) S08E16: 7.9 mi
- The Walking Dead - The heaps filming location: 24.4 mi
- The Walking Dead - Prison filming location: 24.4 mi
- The Walking Dead - Oceanside filming location: 24.5 mi
- old car: 5.3 mi
- First Post Office at The Rock: 12.6 mi
- Jenkins General Store (early 20th century): 15.5 mi
- Confederate Hospital: 19.2 mi
- Old Federal Road: 20.8 mi
- F. D. Roosevelt Museum: 14.4 mi
- Legacy Exhibit: 14.5 mi
- Candler Field Museum: 17.1 mi
- Chipeley Historical Center: 24.1 mi
- WJSP Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 22.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Willingham Spring: 3.2 mi
- Lowe Springs: 16.3 mi
- Dripping Rocks: 4.3 mi
- Sprewell Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 15.2 mi
- Callaway Gardens Robin Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Van Houten Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowdell Knob | WSW 248° | 423 m | 18.6 mi |
| Betts Mountain | WSW 258° | 395 m | 7.5 mi |
| Dorster Mountain | NNE 29° | 392 m | 2.3 mi |
| Oak Mountain | WSW 241° | 380 m | 23.7 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | ENE 57° | 379 m | 6.7 mi |
| Salter Mountain | N 5° | 372 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 244° | 365 m | 2.8 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SW 224° | 358 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:14 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:58 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thomaston 4SE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 333317 — Van Houten Mountain, Upson County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358718451
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