North Georgia
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North Georgia is the northern
Geography
North Georgia encompasses the
The highest of Georgia's Appalachian Mountains are near the North Carolina border, including Brasstown Bald, the highest point in the state. The northwest contains part of the eastern Tennessee seismic zone, and small earthquakes have been felt as far away as Atlanta. The foothills gradually flatten out toward the south. Much of metro Atlanta is hilly as well, especially on the north and west.
Major
Climate
Throughout North Georgia, average temperatures can change drastically at elevations of 700 feet (210 m) or more above sea level. At these elevations the average summer (from May 31 to September 30) temperature is about 80 °F or 26.7 °C during the afternoon and around 67 °F or 19.4 °C during the morning. Daytime in summer can be hot, often stormy, and humid, whilst nights can be rainy and humid, rarely with temperatures below 65 °F or 18.3 °C. The average winter temperature (from December 1 to March 1) is about 39 °F or 3.9 °C during the afternoon and around 24 °F or −4.4 °C during the morning. Daytime in winter can be humid, windy, and cold, while nights can be frigid and humid. Snow can fall annually anywhere above 800 to 900 feet (240 to 270 m), with a large blizzard typically happening every couple of years and more typically 1 to 5 inches (0.025 to 0.13 m) annually.
Notable North Georgia locations
- Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
- Waterfalls of North Georgia
- Tallulah Gorge
- Clayton, Georgia
- Chickamauga National Military Park– oldest and largest military park in the NPS
- Rabun Bald
- Chattooga River
- Helen, Georgia – an old time tourist attraction town modeled on a small hamlet in Bavaria, Germany
- Unicoi State Park
- New Echota – former capital of the Cherokee Nation
- Dahlonega, Georgia – site of the University of North Georgia and the first American gold rush in the late 1820s
- Ringgold, Georgia
- Rome, Georgia
- Canton, Georgia
- Marble Festival
- Ellijay, Georgia
- Blue Ridge, Georgia
- Blairsville, Georgia – home of the Sorghum Festival
- Dalton, Georgia – an important carpet-producing city
- Athens, Georgia – home of The University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the United States
- Chickamauga, Georgia
- LaFayette, Georgia
See also
- Northeast Georgia
- Northwest Georgia
- Upland South
- List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties#Georgia
- Shallowford Bridge
References
Exploreashville.com [1]
Weather.gov [2]
External links
- ^ "Mount Mitchell State Park | North Carolina State Parks | Asheville, NC's Official Travel Site". Exploreasheville.com. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ Peachtree City, GA (2018-08-15). "What's Typical in North and Central Georgia?". Weather.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-07.