Picnic site · Georgia
Picnic Pavilion
Picnic Pavilion is a picnic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Burnt Mountain stands 1,002 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Forsyth County Parks Department
How to reach it
Coordinates34.24458, -84.10298
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Central Park: 0.1 mi
- Episcopal Church Park: 1.9 mi
- Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve Park: 2.0 mi
- Coal Mountain Park: 2.0 mi
- Cumming City Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 59
- Cumming Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- A Legacy of Humanity: 3.3 mi
- Flags Over Georgia: 7.1 mi
- Georgia Nuclear Aircraft Laboratory Block House: 7.7 mi
- Old Rail Bridge for Nuclear Laboratory: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 40
- Sawnee Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Fox Hill: 6.0 mi
- Banks Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Anna Hill: 13.9 mi
- Potts Mountain: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 32
- VFW Egg: 1.6 mi
- American Flag Egg (Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit): 2.5 mi
- Cumming City Center Mural: 3.2 mi
- Hiram Parks Bell: 3.3 mi
- John Forsyth: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 22
- Steam Engine: 3.0 mi
- Cumming Bandstand: 3.3 mi
- Old truck: 8.0 mi
- James Creek Swimming Pool Slides: 8.1 mi
- old tractor: 12.1 mi
Museums: 19
- Cumming Fire Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lanier Museum of Natural History: 9.2 mi
- Georgia Racing Hall of Fame: 12.0 mi
- Dawson County Historic Courthouse: 12.2 mi
- Georgia Retired Educators Museum: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 13
- You Pick Blueberry Hill: 14.3 mi
- Freedom Garden: 16.4 mi
- Brenau University Garden Society: 16.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 16.7 mi
- Glade Garden: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Buford Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Etowah Falls: 17.1 mi
- Water Wheel: 18.4 mi
- Waterfall #4: 21.5 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Fall Creek Waterfall: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 2
- Disharoon Beach: 18.3 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Auraria: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Pavilion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Mountain | NW 324° | 1,002 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | NW 324° | 983 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Oglethorpe | NW 322° | 966 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sanderlin Mountain | NW 324° | 910 m | 20.5 mi |
| Hendrix Mountain | NW 320° | 832 m | 21.7 mi |
| Wauka Mountain | NE 43° | 796 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sharptop Mountain | NW 319° | 787 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wet Mountain | NNW 327° | 758 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:53 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cumming 2N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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