Levelland Mountain

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Levelland Mountain
Levelland Mountain viewed from Brasstown Bald.JPG
Levelland Mountain viewed from Brasstown Bald
Highest point
Elevation 3880+ ft (1183+ m)  NGVD 29 [1]
Prominence 430 ft (130 m) [1]
Coordinates 34°43′51″N83°53′55″W / 34.730925°N 83.8985198°W / 34.730925; -83.8985198 [2]
Geography
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Levelland Mountain
Lumpkin and Union counties, Georgia
Parent range Blue Ridge Mountains
Topo map USGS Neels Gap

Levelland Mountain is the highest point in the Raven Cliffs Wilderness in Lumpkin and Union counties, Georgia. The mountain is traversed by the Appalachian Trail and is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. The summit is the tenth-highest peak in the Union County.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Levelland Mountain, Georgia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  2. "Levelland Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 5, 2011.


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