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Rabun Bald, Georgia

Prominence: 1016 ft, 309 m

Elevation: 4696 feet, 1431 meters

True Isolation: 4.92 mi, 7.92 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4696 ft / 1431 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	34° 57' 56'' N, 83° 18' 0'' W 34.965438, -83.299949 (Dec Deg) 290018 E 3871626 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Georgia
County/Second Level Region	Rabun (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Rabun Bald": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Rabun Bald at SummitPost.org Rabun Bald at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Rabun Bald at Mountain-Forecast.com Rabun Bald at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Rabun, GA by Scott Surgent CoHP.org Trip Report for Rabun, GA by Shannon Dillmore CoHP.org Trip Report for Rabun, GA by Don Desrosiers Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Rabun Bald: Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #40) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #34) CoHP High Five List (Rank #105) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #26) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #34) Georgia 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #2) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #28) Georgia County High Points (Rank #3) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #43)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 198 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 184) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1976-04 by Tom Layton 2000-05-24 by Scott Surgent 2006-07-15 by G. Ringle 2008-07-05 by Michael Kelly 2012-06-03 by William Musser 2013-05-04 by Richard Oestreicher 2013-05-05 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2013-08-10 by Dan Hildebrand 2014-07-05 by Chris Emery 2014-07-28 by Dennis Stewart 2015-12-12 by Jared Salzmann 2016-02-28 by Travis Smith 2016-04-17 by Jonathan Smyer (GPS Track) 2016-11-06 by Debbie Adams 2017-02-11 by Jeremy Eidson 2018-11-18 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2018-11-27 by Mike Trimble (GPS Track) 2019-01-07 by Ariel Jacala (GPS Track) 2020-01-01 by Daniel Coulter 2020-03-07 by Jarrod Call (GPS Track) 2020-04-18 by David Winston (GPS Track) 2020-11-05 by Ted Shemella (GPS Track) 2020-12-26 by Jack Forester (GPS Track) 2020-12-26 by Jack Forester (GPS Track) 2020-12-31 by Justin P (GPS Track) 2021-01-02 by Alexander Barinov (GPS Track)
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Excellent view from Rabun Bald fire tower (2014-05-24). Photo by Jared Salzmann.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1016 ft/309 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1056 ft/321 m
  Line Parent: Toxaway Mountain
  Key Col: Beegum Gap    3680 ft/1122 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 4.92 mi/7.92 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 35.0358, -83.285
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Scaly Mountain  (N)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Southern Blue Ridge Front
Range5: South NC Blue Ridge Crest

Ridges/Divides

Appalachian Divide
South Blue Ridge

Drainage Basins

Savannah
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Little Tennessee
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests

Topo Map

Rabun Bald O34083h3 1:24,000

Data Source

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Other Photos

USGS Survey Marker - 1933 (2018-07-19). Photo by J. Reed.
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Rabun Bald Lookout Tower on a Cloudy Day (2018-07-19). Photo by J. Reed.
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Lucy's first trip up Rabun Bald! (2020-01-26). Photo by Jim Haynor.
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