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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]
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 .
The Rich Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area within the Chattahoochee National Forest in Gilmer County, Georgia, in the United States. It was designated in 1986 and currently consists of 9,476 acres (38.35 km 2 ) of the 13,276 acres (54 km 2 ) that makes up the Rich Mountains.
Visitors putting their rafts, canoes and kayaks in the Chattahoochee River. The source of the Chattahoochee River is located in Jacks Gap at the southeastern foot of Jacks Knob, in the very southeastern corner of Union County, [5] [6] in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains.
Rich Mountain, elevation 4,040 feet (1,230 m), is the highest point in the Rich Mountain Wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Gilmer County, Georgia. It is the second-highest peak in Gilmer County; only Big Bald Mountain is taller, with its summit at 4,081 feet (1,244 m).
The Cohutta Wilderness was designated in 1975, expanded in 1986, and currently consists of 36,977 acres (149.64 km 2).Approximately 35,268 acres (142.72 km 2) are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately 1,709 acres (6.92 km 2) are located in Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest.
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.
Yonah Mountain from Chambers Lake. Yonah Mountain (commonly referred to as "Mount Yonah" or, by older Georgians, "Yonah Bald") is a mountain ridge located in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia, United States. It is between the cities of Cleveland and Helen. Yonah is the Cherokee word for Bear. [2]