Jacks Knob is a mountain located on the border of
Towns County and
Union County,
Georgia
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, with a peak elevation of 3,813 feet. The
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail (also called the A.T.), is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states.Gailey, Chris (2006)"Appalachian Tr ...
crosses the southern flank of the mountain and
Jacks Knob Trail ends here at an intersection with the Appalachian Trail. Jacks Knob is in the
Mark Trail Wilderness
The Mark Trail Wilderness was designated in 1991 and currently consists of . It is named in honor of Mark Trail, a daily newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd. The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattah ...
of the
Chattahoochee National Forest
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the con ...
.
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of the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
is located in Jacks Gap at the southeastern foot of Jacks Knob, in the very southeastern corner of
Union County.
References
External links
TopoQuest Map of Jacks Knob
{{Mountains of Georgia (U.S. State)
Mountains of Georgia (U.S. state)
Mountains of Towns County, Georgia
Mountains of Union County, Georgia
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest