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Table showing peaks crossed by the Appalachian Trail in Georgia; Peak Elevation County Topo map Notes Springer Mountain: 3,782 feet (1,153 m) Fannin: link: Southern terminus of the AT Sassafras Mountain: 3,342 feet (1,019 m) Union: link: About 10 miles (16 km) in, first real peak after Springer Mountain Justus Mountain: 3,222 feet (982 m ...
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 ...
Ringgold is situated in the Valley and Ridge geologic province of the Appalachian Mountains, characterized by long north-northeasterly trending ridges separated by valleys. The topography was formed by the erosion of alternating layers of hard and soft sedimentary rock that were folded and faulted during the building of the Appalachians. [ 16 ]
List of mountains in Georgia (U.S. state) List of peaks on Appalachian Trail in Georgia; List of summits and ridges of Rabun County, Georgia; M. List of mountains of ...
Name Sub-range Type Administrative location Highest point Elevation (meter) Coordinate location Adams Mountain: Blue Ridge Mountains: mountain: Caldwell County, North Carolina
After traversing the Bald Mountains, the Appalachian Trail crosses the Nolichucky River and enters the Unakas, gradually ascending to the Roan Highlands near the town of Roan Mountain in Carter County. Atop Roan High Knob, the A.T. again eclipses 6,000 feet (approximately 6,280 ft or 1,910 m), and passes the highest shelter along the entire trail.
The following sortable table lists the 11 highest mountain peaks of Georgia with at least 100 feet (30 m) of topographic prominence.The eleven highest mountains in Georgia are all located in five counties in northeast Georgia.
Taylor Ridge is the most northwestern ridge in the state of Georgia within the Ridge and Valley physiographic region and is approximately 40 miles (64 km) in length. [1] To the west the ridge is bordered by the Cumberland Plateau region and to the north Taylor Ridge becomes White Oak Mountain at Ringgold Gap although technically part of the same ridge. [2]