This refers to individual mountains named Rocky Mountain in Georgia. For other individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain. For peaks or mountains named Rocky Knob, see Rocky Knob (disambiguation). For the mountain range in western North America, see Rocky Mountains.

Rocky Mountain is the name of nine distinct mountains located in the North Georgia mountains that are spread among six different counties in Georgia

Fannin County

  • Rocky Mountain,[1] elevation 3,080, is located west of Gaddistown, less than two miles (3 km) west of the Union County border.[2]

Gilmer County

Rocky Mountain, Gilmer County, Georgia

Lumpkin County

  • A mountain called Rocky Mountain[5] with an elevation of 3,560 feet (1,090 m) is located south of Blood Mountain.[6] DeSoto Falls, one of the most popular waterfalls in Georgia, is on the southern flank of the mountain. It is the tallest mountain located completley within the boundaries of Lumpkin County.[7] Rocky Mountain is located within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest.

Rabun County

Towns County

  • Rocky Mountain,[10] elevation 4,017 feet (1,224 m), is located on the Appalachian Trail along the boundary between Towns and White counties.[11] Via the Appalachian Trail, its summit of Rocky Mountain is located about 51.5 miles (82.9 km) from Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

Union County

  • 4,191-foot (1,277 m) Rocky Mountain[12] is located south of Brasstown Bald, Georgia's tallest peak.[13] It is within the boundaries of the Brasstown Wilderness. A peak called Rocky Knob, elevation 3,740 feet (1,140 m), is found directly south of the mountain's peak, on a spur or ridge of the mountain that is oriented north-south.
  • Rocky Mountain,[16] elevation 3,120 feet (950 m), is located about 112 miles northwest of Baxter, less than 1/2 mile east of the Union/Fannin county line.[17]

White County

  • Rocky Mountain[18] is located about nine miles (14 km) west of Helen and has an elevation of 3,525 feet (1,074 m).[19]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  2. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain in Fannin County
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  4. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain in Gilmer County
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  6. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Blood Mountain
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  8. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Tallulah Falls
  9. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  10. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain on the Appalachian Trail
  11. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  12. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Brasstown Bald
  13. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  14. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Suches
  15. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  16. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Baxter
  17. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of mountains in Georgia named Rocky Mountain
  18. TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Helen
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