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Hike · Brasstown Bald trailhead

Brasstown Bald

Distance
0.5 mi
Vertical
1,719 ft
Summit
4,751 ft
Difficulty
Easy

Brasstown Bald is the highest point in Georgia at 4,784 feet, the climax of the Blue Ridge as it tails out of the southern Appalachians. The Cherokee called the mountain Enotah; the English name came from a translation slip — settlers mistook Itse'yi, the Cherokee word for the…

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About Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald or Enotah 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 counties south of the city of Hiawassee. The mountain is known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah.

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Brasstown Bald's summit and its observation tower rise above the layered Blue Ridge, seen across early-autumn forest from Hogpen Gap.
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Layered Blue Ridge ridgelines fade north toward Brasstown Bald on the far horizon, the high point in this view from Locust Log Ridge.
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Late-winter view of Brasstown Bald along the Russell–Brasstown Scenic Byway, the bare hardwoods exposing the summit tower.
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A break in the rhododendrons along the Jacks Knob approach opens onto layered Blue Ridge ridges south of the summit.
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