Elevation

552 ft / 168 m

#1,301 in Georgia

#81,818 in United States

Prominence
about

162 ft / 49 m

#178 in Georgia

#12,973 in United States

Summits

9 summits

#42 in Georgia

#3,431 in United States

Top climbing months

January   30%

December   23%

September  15%

Most climbed route

Brown's Mount 2.4 mi route

2.3 mi • 161 ft gain • Class 2

Highlights

  • DO NOT DISTURB PEAK! We hiked with guide uphill off trail from Summit Loop trail, which goes around below the peak, not up to it. Guide showed us how high point is actually a native burial mound on top of the mountain’s original high point. If you visit peak without a guide, please approach with caution and respect.
  • US-23 >> Bondsview Rd >> Joe Brown Dr >> Brown’s Mount parking and trail head. Brown’s Mount Road is closed to unofficial vehicles with no parking but is open to hikers except near US-23.
  • Natural Atlas trails are incomplete here but correctly show trail head at parking lot. Other maps’ trails are accurate here except trail doesn’t go to Joe Brown Drive. Missing from all maps is the trail to the cabin from half way between the overlook and the Ridge Trail (see GPS track with summit 2021 February 17).
Brown's Mount 2.4 mi route
4 summits • 2.3 mi • 161 ft gain • 1 hr 28 min • Class 2
Brown's Mount 1.6 mi route
2 summits • 1.6 mi • 115 ft gain • 33 min • Class 2
"Hiked trail to overlook and decided to skip the peak of Brown’s Mount today and return by the cabin. Good to see the trails better maintained since last few times I was here and the fallen tree removed." — davidensley • Nov 22, 2022
"Hiked Overlook Trail to overlook for photos with new camera. On return recorded GPS/GPX track around picnic shelter and surrounding field between Overlook Trail and Brown’s Mount Road. Before hiking, took peak photo of Brown’s Mount from Macon." — davidensley • Jan 19, 2022
"First out and back staying on the west side of Brown’s Mount (Overlook Trail, Ridge Trail, Summit Loop). First hike with new machete in new hard sheath. No wild pigs today and no fresh rooting at the base of the mound on peak, but fresh rooting along the trail. Left one trekking pole on trail and carried machete off trail to peak. Used it once to slice through a small vine. Returned to trail past pole and had to go back to get it. Used saw on machete to finish clearing way through vine growing over Ridge Trail. More careful descending steep part of Overlook Trail and no slips this time." — davidensley • Jan 12, 2022
"Enjoyed the fruits of my labor from clearing Brown’s Mount trails earlier this month, now having time to relish the beautiful scenery. Wanted to try my Christmas present on a short hike to see how it would do on a long hike. I normally don’t return via the steep overlook trail, and my boot slid only once. No wild pigs today." — davidensley • Dec 31, 2021
"Cleared limbs from trails before Brown’s Mount Family Christmas Hike. Recorded remaining trails I had not visited since I started recording GPS/GPX. First time on peak this year without seeing wild pigs, but saw many places they had been rooting." — davidensley • Dec 18, 2021
"Lunch at overlook. Took advantage of better weather on last day before hunting season to explore below the Ridge Trail, but this would be better in winter without all the mosquitoes and leaves. (Hunting is permitted around Brown’s Mount but not on it where the hiking trails are.) Feral hogs are still rooting base of native burial mound on peak, and a good-sized one ran as I reached peak. Cleared dozens of limbs from trails. " — davidensley • Sep 3, 2021
"Purpose of hike was to record track to cabin on Brown’s Mount GA, not to reach the peak. Trail to famous central Georgia poet Harry Stillwell Edwards's writing cabin is the only important trail on Brown's Mount not on any map I know. From the parking lot take either the trail to the overlook or the road to Brown's Mount Road. If you stand where you see the back of the sign at the overlook to the north and the sign to the Ridge Trail to the south, go east on the narrow road. Cross the road that is on the maps and it becomes a short trail to the cabin. From Brown's Mount Road turn right after the first steep climb and go to the cabin trail on the right." — davidensley • Feb 17, 2021
"After work solo hike on a gorgeous day. Visited peak, overlook, ridge trail, and famous central Georgia poet Harry Stillwell Edwards's writing cabin where someone had decorated the mantle above the fireplace with a wreath of vines and a tin can of red berries. Moved at least a hundred small limbs off of the trails. " — davidensley • Jan 19, 2021
"Hiked Overlook Trail to overlook. Lunch on bench at overlook, then Ridge Trail to Summit Loop trail and off trail to peak, then Summit Loop to Brown's Mount Road to parking. Calendar still says it is fall, and there is still some fall color in the southern most mountains of this part of the country. " — davidensley • Dec 19, 2020
"DO NOT DISTURB PEAK! We hiked with guide uphill off trail from Summit Loop trail, which goes around below the peak, not up to it. Guide showed us how high point is actually a native burial mound on top of the mountain’s original high point. If you visit peak without a guide, please approach with caution and respect." — davidensley • May 7, 2020

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