Yonah Mountain
Yonah Mountain rises to 958 m in Georgia. Cowrock stands 1,170 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pink Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Yonah Mountain (commonly referred to as "Mount Yonah" or, by older Georgians, "Yonah Bald") is a mountain ridge located in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia, United States. It is between the cities of Cleveland and Helen. Yonah is the Cherokee word for Bear. There is a signed trailhead from Chambers Road and an approximately 2.3 mile trail (gaining 1500 feet in elevation) leads to the summit. There are also side trails that lead to neighboring Pink Mountain. The 5th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade of the United States Army conducts the Mountain Phase of Ranger School on Yonah Mountain. It has been a popular training ground for rock climbers. Like Lookout Mountain's Rock City, Yonah Mountain is the site of a Native American legend about a beautiful Cherokee maiden named Nacoochee who fell in love with the Chickasaw warrior Sautee. When their love was forbidden by their tribal elders, a war party followed the eloping lovers and threw Sautee off the mountain, with Nacoochee then jumping to her death, a Lover's Leap. Although he did not invent the legend, George Williams, the son of one of the original white settlers, popularized it in his 1871 Sketches of Travel in the Old and New World.
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Wikidata Q8054884, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 958 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall view deck · 6 mi
- Raven Cliffs · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pink Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sal Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Tatum Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Gerrell Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Leadpole Mountain: 4.2 mi
- White County Park: 2.3 mi
- Hardman Farms State Historic Park: 3.1 mi
- Smithgall Woods State Park: 3.7 mi
- African American Heritage Site: 4.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.4 mi
- Alana Falls: 4.5 mi
- Duke Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Raven Cliff Falls: 8.6 mi
- Anna Ruby Falls: 8.8 mi
- Horse Trough Falls: 11.5 mi
- White Church: 3.3 mi
- Uhuburg Castle: 5.1 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 9.8 mi
- Mcdonalds House: 15.8 mi
- Lewis Monument: 17.3 mi
- Rockton-Rion #20 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Steam Engine: 1.5 mi
- Babyland General Hospital: 3.0 mi
- Helen Tubing & Waterpark: 4.2 mi
- Bavarian Mountain Miniature Golf and Arcade: 4.2 mi
- Cool River Tubing Company: 4.3 mi
- Historic White County Courthouse Museum: 4.0 mi
- White County History Museum: 4.0 mi
- Loudermilk Boarding House Museum: 13.8 mi
- John B. Derden CCC Museum: 14.9 mi
- Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 16.9 mi
- Storm Debris Site Test: 8.4 mi
- Clarkesville Habersham Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Ada Mae Pass Ivester Children's Garden: 21.7 mi
- Atlanta Botanical Gardens Gainesville: 21.7 mi
- Overlook Garden: 21.7 mi
- Big Red Apple: 13.7 mi
- Rabbittown Rabbit: 22.7 mi
- stainless steel: 23.7 mi
- Violin: 23.9 mi
- Praying Hands: 24.0 mi
- Grimes Nose: 5.8 mi
- Shellot Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Blue Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Sheep Nose: 24.6 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 8.2 mi
- Wilson Shoals WMA: 17.5 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Buck Shoals Beach: 7.0 mi
- Garrison Shoals: 20.2 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 13.6 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Yonah Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowrock | NW 306° | 1,170 m | 10.0 mi |
| Green Cliff Top | NW 306° | 1,153 m | 10.2 mi |
| Wolf Laurel Top | WNW 303° | 1,151 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | NW 308° | 1,127 m | 9.1 mi |
| Strawberry Top | NW 317° | 1,126 m | 9.7 mi |
| Wolfpen Stamp | NW 312° | 1,113 m | 9.5 mi |
| Corbin Horse Stamp | WNW 302° | 1,112 m | 11.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | NW 320° | 1,105 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sautee 3W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 330408 — Yonah Mountain, White County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358715460
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