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The Blood Mountain Wilderness was designated in 1991 and currently consists of 7,800 acres (32 km 2). The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Lumpkin County and Union County, Georgia. The Wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of 4,458 feet (1,359 m). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Blood Mountain Wilderness .
Topographic map showing Dicks Creek and the Chestatee River Map showing Dicks Creek and its sub-watershed (outlined in pink), and the Chestatee River. Dicks Creek rises in the Blood Mountain Wilderness, just southwest of Blood Mountain, in the confines of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Lumpkin County in Georgia. [2]
Location City or town Description 1: Blood Mountain Trail Shelter: Blood Mountain Trail Shelter. January 9, 2013 : Blood Mountain Wilderness Area Blairsville: 2 ...
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 ]
Those maps, coordinates, and descriptions presented here are meant only to provide approximate or relative locations. Numerous publications and online resources are available to those wishing to visit these sites, both by foot and by vehicle. As many of these sites remain in a relatively wild state caution must be exercised at all times.
About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of wilderness. They are located in 44 states (excepting Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, and Rhode Island) and Puerto Rico. The NPS has oversight of 43,890,500 acres (68,578.9 sq mi; 177,619 km 2) of wilderness at 61 locations.
James H. Floyd State Park is a 561-acre (2.27 km 2) Georgia State Park located near Summerville at the base of Taylor Ridge (Georgia).The park is named after Democrat James H. "Sloppy" Floyd who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1953 until 1974 and was from the area.