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Cooper Branch Day Use Area #2

Cooper Branch Day Use Area #2 from directly overhead

Cooper Branch Day Use Area #2 is a picnic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Bear Mountain stands 700 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Branch Day Use Area #1, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
U S Army Corps of Engineers
Access
Permitted
Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.17256, -84.73432

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cooper's Furnace: 0.6 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 0.8 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 0.8 mi
  • Gatewood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stamp Creek Day Use Area: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Pine Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Vineyard Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Bee Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Red Top Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Ponders Mountain: 2.0 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 30
Gardens: 14
  • Acworth Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Scatter Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Hammock Lounge/Garden - West 22: 11.6 mi
  • Smith-Gilberrt Gardens: 12.7 mi
  • St. Michael's Prayer Garden: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Welcome Home: 8.0 mi
  • Balancing Birds: 12.5 mi
  • Spaceship Earth: 12.6 mi
  • Eagle Statue: 14.5 mi
  • It's a Vibe!: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • LakePoint Station: 3.6 mi
  • Old Car City USA: 6.8 mi
  • C.C.C. Quarry: 13.5 mi
  • Creekside Farms: 15.0 mi
  • old 1-cylinder engine: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Allatoona Falls: 11.8 mi
  • High Shoals Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Cooper Branch Day Use Area #2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainNNE 27°700 m10.9 mi
Pine Log MountainNNE 27°689 m11.5 mi
Hanging MountainNNE 17°581 m9.0 mi
Kennesaw MountainSSE 147°543 m16.2 mi
Oakey MountainNE 34°514 m17.4 mi
Dry Pond MountainNE 36°501 m17.3 mi
Sweat MountainESE 114°500 m17.5 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainSSE 149°488 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:51
June solstice06:2820:1820:55
September equinox07:2819:0419:37
December solstice07:4216:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596774787772615043
Precip in4.94.45.04.53.94.04.94.13.93.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allatoona DAM 2, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6582413474

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