Potatopatch Spring
Potatopatch Spring is a spring in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 1,018 m. Cowpen Mountain stands 1,264 m to the north-northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Potatopatch Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cohutta Overlook · 4 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 5 mi
- Cool Springs Overlook · 8 mi
- West Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potatopatch Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Rocky Face: 1.2 mi
- Betty Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Double Top: 2.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Fort Mountain State Park: 7.9 mi
- Fort Mountain State Park: 8.3 mi
- Petty-Fairy Valley Park: 9.5 mi
- Murray County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Red Apple Barn: 10.4 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 12.8 mi
- Chief Vann House State Historic Site: 13.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: 15.5 mi
- Engelheim Vineyards Tasting Room: 16.3 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls 25: 1.3 mi
- Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 2.0 mi
- Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 2.1 mi
- Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 7.4 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 9.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 13.6 mi
- Rifle: 20.7 mi
- Memorial Wall: 20.7 mi
- The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway: 21.2 mi
- Panther Bluff: 4.3 mi
- White Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 12.7 mi
- Fincher Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Rocky Face: 23.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 16.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 16.5 mi
- Poop Island: 17.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 18.2 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 12.0 mi
- Whitfield County Historical Museum: 21.8 mi
- Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 23.5 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 20.9 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 13.8 mi
- Face: 21.0 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 3.3 mi
- Due: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Potatopatch Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpen Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,264 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 312° | 1,222 m | 2.4 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,126 m | 2.6 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,125 m | 4.4 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | NE 34° | 1,101 m | 3.2 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | E 83° | 1,094 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hemp Top | NNE 26° | 1,089 m | 10.0 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,085 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:53 | 17:32 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatsworth 2, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 28.3 | 31.7 | 31.2 | 23.9 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 25.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill Creek Near Crandall, GA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- bashful wakerobin20 obs
- large white trillium15 obs
- white baneberry15 obs
- wild geranium14 obs
- star chickweed12 obs
- rue anemone11 obs
- Carolina sweetshrub10 obs
- Solomon's plume9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348856202
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