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Blood Mountain
- Prominence
- 440 m1,443 ft
- Isolation
- 18 km
- Tonight
- 46°FClear · Wind 5–10 mph SE
Blood Mountain is a 1,359 m (4,458 ft) mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Georgia, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,359 m · 4,458 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Wolfpen Ridge (1,390 m)
- Range
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Region
- Georgia, United States
- Protected area
- Chattahoochee National Forest
- Coordinates
- 34.7398° N, 83.9370° W
Blood Mountain 3D map
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Blood Mountain terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Blood Mountain elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Blood Mountain weather
Tonight · Clear · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 5–10 mph SE
Blood Mountain forecast for the summit, about 1,071 m.
- Tonight46°–5–10 mph SE
- Sat45°61°–5–10 mph E
- Sun45°61°–5–10 mph E
- Mon47°64°–0–5 mph NE
- Tue50°66°–0 mph
- Wed48°63°–5 mph E
- Thu49°66°1%0–5 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Blood Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Blood Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Duncan Ridge Trail Terminus
Nearest campsite
0.8 km W
Nearest parking
Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead Parking
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Duncan Ridge Trail TerminusTrailhead | 0.5 km WNW |
| Campsite | 0.8 km W |
| Campsite | 0.9 km WNW |
| Campsite | 0.9 km ESE |
| Byron Herbert Reece Memorial TrailheadTrailhead | 1.3 km E |
| Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead ParkingParking | 1.3 km E |
| Parking | 1.9 km NE |
| Parking | 3.2 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 12.0% of the 100 km² view
- Relief in view
- 823 m low point 535 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Blood Mountain summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Turkey Stamp1,150 m 1.4 km WSW
- 2Slaughter Mountain1,317 m 1.5 km NW
- 3Rocky Mountain1,078 m 2.0 km SSE
- 4Gaddis Mountain1,079 m 2.5 km WSW
- 5Levelland Mountain1,160 m 3.7 km ESE
- 6Wildcat Knob1,197 m 3.7 km NNW
- 7Coosa Bald1,303 m 5.0 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 1,209 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain laurel128
- Galax117
- Downy rattlesnake plantain90
- Large white trillium86
- Great rhododendron86
- Bashful wakerobin86
Where Blood Mountain sits
- Region
- Georgia14United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest5
Nearby places
Lake Winfield Scott870 m↑3.5 km W
Brasstown BaldPeak · 1,458 m↑19 km NE
Yonah MountainPeak · 965 m↑23 km ESE
Springer MountainPeak · 1,148 m↑27 km WSW
Chatuge Lake↑31 km NNE
More 1
More in the Blue Ridge Mountains 6
Blood Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,359 m at the summit; the official height is 1,359 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,359 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 1,360 m | +1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 1,359 m | -0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 1,360 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,353 m | -6 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia