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Rabun Bald, Georgia

Prominence: 1016 ft, 309 m

Elevation: 4696 feet, 1431 meters

True Isolation: 4.92 mi, 7.91 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4696 ft / 1431 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	34° 57' 56'' N, 83° 18' 0'' W 34.965561, -83.300003 (Dec Deg) 290014 E 3871640 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 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: Georgia 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #2) CoHP High Five List (Rank #105) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #40) Georgia County High Points (Rank #3) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #26) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #34) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #43) "Helman Counties"-Greatest Elevation Differential (Rank #23) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1976-04 by Tom Layton 2000-05-24 by Scott Surgent 2006-07-15 by G. Ringle 2008 by Paul Barish 2008-07-05 by Michael Kelly 2012-06-03 by William Musser 2013-01-05 by Byron Crowe 2013-05-04 by Richard Oestreicher 2013-05-05 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2013-08-10 by Dan Hildebrand 2013-12-28 by John Chambers (GPS Track) 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) 2016-09-25 by Debbie Adams 2016-11-06 by Debbie Adams 2017-02-11 by Jeremy Eidson 2018-09-15 by Chris Gilsdorf 2018-11-18 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2018-11-27 by Mike Trimble (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (140 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Rabun Bald Elevation Ladder from Rabun Bald Prominence Ladder from Rabun Bald

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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: Tanasee Bald
  Key Col: Beegum Gap    3680 ft/1122 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 4.92 mi/7.91 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 Ocean

Little Tennessee
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests

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