:''This refers to individual mountains named Rocky Mountain in

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. For other individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see

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. For peaks or mountains named Rocky Knob, see Rocky Knob (disambiguation). For the mountain range in western

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, see

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.'' Rocky Mountain is the name of nine distinct mountains located in the

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that are spread among six different counties in

Fannin County

:* Rocky Mountain, elevation 3,080, is located west of Gaddistown, less than two miles (3 km) west of the Union County border.

Gilmer County

:*Rocky Mountain is located to the north of the Rich Mountain Wilderness and east of

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. The elevation at its summit is . The

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passes over the summit of Rocky Mountain.

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:* A mountain called Rocky Mountain with an elevation of is located south of

Blood Mountain Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of .Brown (1996), p.93 It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is withi ...

. DeSoto Falls, one of the most popular

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in Georgia, is on the southern flank of the mountain. Rocky Mountain is located within the boundaries 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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:* Rocky Mountain near

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has an elevation of , making it the smallest mountain in Georgia with the name "Rocky Mountain." Bad Creek and

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, two

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of the Chatooga River have their

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on the eastern side of Rocky Mountain. The stream that feeds Cascade Falls begins in the southern side of Rocky Mountain.

Towns County

:* Rocky Mountain, elevation , is located on the

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along the boundary between Towns and White counties. Via the Appalachian Trail, its summit of Rocky Mountain is located about from

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, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

Union County

:* Rocky Mountain is located south of

Brasstown Bald Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in the northeastern part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border between Towns and Union County, Georgia, Union counties south of the city of Hiawassee ...

, Georgia's tallest peak. It is within the boundaries of the Brasstown Wilderness. A peak called Rocky Knob, elevation , is found directly south of the mountain's peak, on a spur or ridge of the mountain that is oriented north-south. :* Rocky Mountain is located about five miles (8 km) north of Suches, about halfway between Baxter to the west and

to the east. It has an elevation of and is within the

. :* Rocky Mountain, elevation , is located about 1 miles northwest of Baxter, less than 1/2 mile east of the Union/Fannin county line.

White County

:* Rocky Mountain is located about nine miles (14 km) west of

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and has an elevation of .TopoQuest Map of the Rocky Mountain near Helen
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