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Springer Mountain is a mountain located in the Chattahoochee National Forest on the border of Fannin and Gilmer counties. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia, the mountain has an elevation of about 3,770 feet (1,149 m). [1] Springer Mountain serves as the southern terminus for the Appalachian and Benton MacKaye trails.
28.3 miles (45.5 km) from Springer Mountain, this is the highest point on the AT in Georgia; some sources place the elevation at 4,161 feet (1,268 m). Levelland Mountain: 3,846 feet (1,172 m) Union: link: The AT passes near the summit of Levelland Mountain at an elevation of about 3,800 feet (1,200 m). Turkeypen Mountain: 3,520 feet (1,070 m ...
The western forest contains Johns Mountain, Little Sand Mountain, and Taylor Ridge (Georgia). The combined total area of the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest is 867,265 acres (3,510 km 2 ), of which the Chattahoochee National Forest comprises 751,069 acres (3,039 km 2 ) and the Oconee National Forest comprises 116,196 acres (470 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. [2]
The north terminus is approximately 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Springer Mountain, which is the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. [2]Georgia has about 164 miles (260 km) of the trail, and Alabama contains the other 171 miles (280 km) of the 335-mile-long (540 km) trail.
Tallulah Gorge State Park—managed jointly by the Georgia State Parks system and Georgia Power Company, the latter of which operates the hydroelectric dam above the 600-foot (180 m)-deep Tallulah Gorge. The Tallulah River flows over six major falls between the Tallulah Falls Dam and Lake Tugalo. Since the dam was built in 1913 only a fraction ...
Map showing relationship of North Georgia mountains to the Blue Ridge Mountain and the Appalachian mountain system. Northeast Georgia is a region of Georgia in the United States. The northern part is also in the North Georgia mountains or Georgia mountain region, while the southern part (east of metro Atlanta) is still hilly but much flatter in ...
Panther Creek Falls Trail is an interior hiking trail in Georgia's Cohutta Mountains, in Fannin County, northwest of Ellijay, at the southern end of the Smoky Mountains. The trail falls within the 35,000-acre Cohutta Wilderness, part of the Wilderness's 87 mile (140 km) trail system. As an interior trail, Panther Creek Falls cannot be accessed ...