Hightower Bald

With a height of 4,568 feet (1,392 meters), Hightower Bald is the fourth highest mountain in Georgia. It's in Towns County, Georgia, near the North Carolina state line, and it's part of the Chattahoochee National Forest's Southern Nantahala Wilderness. Montgomery's Corner and the 30 Mile Post are two boundary features on Hightower Bald's northern slopes. The North Carolina-Georgia boundary runs north-south for nearly 2,000 feet (610 meters) between these two places, rather than the customary east-west route.

A dwarfed red oak woodland grows on the top of Hightower Bald, with beaked hazel and hawthorn trees in the understory. Blue Ridge St. John's wort, ock spikemoss, and wild hydrangea grow on the cliffs of Hightower Bald. Loggy Branch Cove, on the mountain's northern flank, is home to sugar maple, yellowwood, tulip tree, and birches. A broadleaf deciduous cove forest may be found on Hightower Bald's northern slope. The mountain is also home to red-backed voles.

Location: Towns County, Georgia, U.S.

Elevation: 1,392 m

Parent range: Blue Ridge Mountains