Tray Mountain

Tray Mountain
Tray Mountain viewed from Brasstown Bald
Highest point
Elevation4,430 ft (1,350 m)
Coordinates34°48′04″N 83°41′02″W / 34.80111°N 83.68389°W / 34.80111; -83.68389[1]
Geography
Map
LocationHabersham / Towns / White counties, Georgia, U.S.
Parent rangeBlue Ridge Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Tray Mountain
Climbing
First ascentunknown
Easiest routeAppalachian Trail

Tray Mountain, with an elevation of 4,430 ft (1,350 m) is the seventh-highest peak in Georgia. The boundary line between White and Towns counties bisects the mountain, but leaves the summit in Towns County. Habersham County lies on a lower part of the mountain, but not on the summit. Tray Mountain is within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest and is part of the Tray Mountain Wilderness. The mountain is referred to by some as the grandstand for viewing the Nantahala Mountains in North Carolina and the rest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia. The Appalachian Trail crosses the peak.

The name "Tray" most likely is a corruption of "Trail Mountain", so named for the trails traversing the mountain.[2]

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey (20 March 2017). Tray Mountain, GA quadrangle (Topographic map). Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via TopoQuest.
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.