Wildcat Mountain (Georgia)

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Wildcat Mountain
Wildcat Mountain viewed from Cowrock Mountain.JPG
Wildcat Mountain viewed from Cowrock Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 3,760 ft (1,150 m) [1]
Coordinates 34°43′09″N83°50′22″W / 34.71917°N 83.83944°W / 34.71917; -83.83944 Coordinates: 34°43′09″N83°50′22″W / 34.71917°N 83.83944°W / 34.71917; -83.83944 [2]
Geography
Location White County, Georgia, U.S.
Parent range Blue Ridge Mountains
Topo map USGS Cowrock
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Wildcat Mountain, with an elevation of 3,760 feet, has the distinction of being the highest peak in White County, Georgia, United States but not the highest point in the county. The boundary line between White County and Towns County bisects Tray Mountain, but leaves the summit of the mountain in Towns County. Thus, the upper elevations of Tray Mountain falling within White County at nearly 4,430 feet (1,350 m) rob the summit of Wildcat Mountain of the title "highest point in White County." Wildcat Mountain is within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest.

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

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White County, Georgia County in the United States

White County is a county located very near the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,144. The county seat is Cleveland. The county was created on December 22, 1857 from part of Habersham County and named for Newton County Representative David T. White, who helped a Habersham representative successfully attain passage of an act creating the new county.

Georgia (U.S. state) State of the United States of America

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It began as a British colony in 1733, the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. In 1802–1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819. Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta, the state's capital and most populous city, has been named a global city. Atlanta's metropolitan area contains about 55% of the population of the entire state.

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