Peak Name

Cheaha Mountain

Date of Climb

January 1, 2005

Published Height

2407 ft

Measured Height

2450 - GPS  

Vertical Climb

0 ft

Published GPS Coordinates

Lat N 33º 29' 08"  Long W 85º 48' 33"

Measured GPS Coordinates

Lat N 33º 29.137'  Long W 85º 48.527'

Height Rank

35

Difficulty Rank

46

 

 

Resources

 State Park Info

 Visitors Guide

 

Cheaha is another "drive-up" summit that is so prevalent in the South.  The park is clean and nice, and I was surprised it was open during our visit on a holiday.  The facilities are good and if we had more time we would have camped there.  The view from the summit is passable.   This highpoint is very accessible from the north (Via I-20).  We drove up from Britton Hill that morning and we spent the day on two-lane blacktop.

The summit is marked by a distinctive stone tower with a Geo in the front.  We also found another Geo just to the left of the building.  In looking for the "true" highpoint, we wandered around and found a rock in the back of the tower building.  Our GPS readings were off by quite a bit.  I noticed our car radio suddenly went static due to the large tower next to the highpoint.  I wonder.....

 

The tower at the summit.jpg

Across the valley.jpg

Team RAZ on the summit.jpg

Geo Number 1.jpg

Geo Number 2.jpg

The tower at the summit

Across the valley

Team RAZ on the summit

Geo Number 1

Geo Number 2

Another view.jpg

Hunter relaxes on the summit.jpg

Looking west at sunset.jpg

South from the tower.jpg

Southwest from  the tower.jpg

Another view

Hunter relaxes on the summit

Looking west at sunset

South from the tower

Southwest from  the tower

Sunset over Cheaha.jpg

 

 

 

 

Sunset over Cheaha