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Brasstown Bald

1,458 m4,783 ft

Prominence: 629 m2,063 ft
Isolation: 25 km
Tonight: 44°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph E

Brasstown Bald is a 1,458 m (4,783 ft) mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Georgia, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,458 m · 4,783 ft
Nearest higher peak: Standing Indian Mountain (1,676 m)
Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
Region: Georgia, United States
Protected area: Chattahoochee National Forest
Coordinates: 34.8744° N, 83.8111° W

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Brasstown Bald

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Brasstown Bald, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.6 km S
+2 more within 6.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
3.0 km SSE
+2 more within 4.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km S
Campsite	3.0 km SSE
Jacks GapParking	3.2 km SSE
Campsite	4.1 km SSE
Campsite	4.9 km SE
Track Rock Gap Petroglyph Site ParkingParking	6.2 km W

3D map

Brasstown Bald 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Brasstown Bald 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Brasstown Bald elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Brasstown Bald weather

Tonight · Fair · 44°F (7°C) · Wind 5–10 mph E

Brasstown Bald forecast for the summit, about 1,242 m.

Tonight44°–5–10 mph E
Sat44°60°–0–10 mph E
Sun43°59°–5–10 mph SE
Mon45°62°–0–5 mph S
Tue48°64°–0 mph
Wed46°60°–5 mph SE
Thu48°63°1%0–5 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

14.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

59.9%

Steep, 30–45°

25.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 25.6% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 854 m low point 603 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 99.3%Grassland 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Brasstown Bald summit.

Summit list 7

1Little Bald Mountain1,345 m 1.1 km NNE
2Wolfpen Ridge1,390 m 1.2 km S
3Chimneytop Mountain1,255 m 1.6 km W
4Rocky Mountain1,228 m 2.4 km S
5Chimney Top1,286 m 2.8 km N
6Blue Bluff Mountain1,252 m 2.8 km W
7Rocky Knob1,110 m 3.1 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 561 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

American cancer-root53
Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander50
Dark-eyed Junco47
Mountain laurel39
Common jewelweed34
Purple-flowered raspberry34

Where it sits

Where Brasstown Bald sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Tallulah Gorge44 km ESE

Brasstown Bald downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBrasstown Bald satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,458 m at the summit; the official height is 1,458 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,458 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,458 m	0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,458 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,459 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,453 m	-5 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)
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

Brasstown Bald

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

West → east through the summit

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