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Cheaha Mountain

736 m2,413 ft

Prominence: 433 m1,420 ft
Isolation: 172 km
Tonight: 49°FClear · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Cheaha Mountain is a 736 m (2,413 ft) mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Alabama, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 736 m · 2,413 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Oglethorpe (1,002 m)
Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
Region: Alabama, United States
Protected area: Cheaha State Park
Coordinates: 33.4855° N, 85.8087° W

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cheaha Mountain

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

Nearest parking
0.0 km SE
+2 more within 0.1 km
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Nearest trailhead
Cheaha Pinhoti Trailhead
1.6 km S · +1 more within 7.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Cheaha State Park Group Primitive Camping Area
0.3 km NW · +2 more within 7.0 km
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Nearest caravan site
Cheaha State Park (Upper) Campground #1
0.4 km WNW
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km SE
Parking	0.1 km SSW
Parking	0.1 km SSW
Cheaha State Park Group Primitive Camping AreaCampsite	0.3 km NW
Cheaha State Park (Upper) Campground #1Caravan site	0.4 km WNW
Cheaha Pinhoti TrailheadTrailhead	1.6 km S
Cheaha State Park Primitive CCC CampgroundCampsite	2.2 km SW
Campsite	7.0 km SSW
Nubbin Creek TrailheadTrailhead	7.8 km S

3D map

Cheaha Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cheaha Mountain terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cheaha Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cheaha Mountain weather

Tonight · Clear · 49°F (9°C) · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Cheaha Mountain forecast for the summit, about 600 m.

Tonight49°–5–10 mph SE
Sat50°67°–5–10 mph E
Sun49°66°–5–15 mph E
Mon46°67°–5–10 mph E
Tue50°70°–0–5 mph E
Wed48°68°–5 mph E
Thu50°71°–5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 53% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

52.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.9%

Steep, 30–45°

2.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 2.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 472 m low point 262 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 98.6%Grassland 1.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cheaha Mountain summit.

Summit list 3

1Bald Rock696 m 1.1 km N
2Oak Hill532 m 2.1 km NNE
3Blue Mountain594 m 2.7 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 871 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain laurel54
Eastern Fence Lizard49
Common Toadskin Lichen44
Oakleaf hydrangea38
Virginia pine37
Galax34

Where it sits

Where Cheaha Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Stone MountainPeak · 514 m158 km ENE

Cheaha Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCheaha Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-17.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 734 m at the summit; the official height is 736 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	736 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	734 m	-2 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	734 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-30	740 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	737 m	+1 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
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: 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

Cheaha Mountain

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West → east through the summit

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