Grassy Ridge is a
ridge in the
Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a Physiographic regions of the world, physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsy ...
in
Georgia
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that runs south to north along the
Eastern Continental Divide in
Rabun County, Georgia
Rabun County () is the north-easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,883, up from 16,276 in 2010. The county seat is Clayton. With an average annual rainfall of over , Rabun County has the ...
. At the southern end of the ridge, there is an unnamed peak with an elevation of just over . From there, the ridge runs north, crossing the boundary between Georgia and
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
at just over and then ultimately joining
Ridgepole Mountain in North Carolina. In between its southernmost point and North Carolina, there is another unnamed peak with an elevation of just over 4,420 feet (8th highest point in Georgia; 3rd highest point in Rabun County) and a gap called Nichols Gap with an elevation of . Grassy Ridge is in the
Southern Nantahala Wilderness of the
Chattahoochee National Forest
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 Chattah ...
Grassy Ridge was burned during the
2016 Rock Mountain Fire.
[Rock Mountain Fire Map 11/27/16]
nwcg.gov. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
See also
*
List of mountains in Georgia (U.S. state)
This article lists notable mountains in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Highest mountains
The following sortable table lists the 11 highest mountain peaks of Georgia with at least of topographic prominence. The eleven highest mountains in Georgia ar ...
Sources
Georgia Above 4,000 Feet
{{Mountains of Georgia (U.S. State)
Ridges of Georgia (U.S. state)
Landforms of Rabun County, Georgia
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest