| Dick's Knob | |
| Elevation Ft: | 4620 |
| Location: | Rabun County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Range: | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| Coordinates: | 34.9856°N -83.5217°W |
| Topo: | USGS Hightower Bald |
| First Ascent: | unknown |
| Easiest Route: | Hike |
Dick's Knob or Dicks Knob,[1] with an elevation of 4620feet, is the third-highest peak in the State of Georgia if using a 200 ft. (61 m) prominence rule. It is located in Rabun County, Georgia within the Southern Nantahala Wilderness and is the second-highest mountain in the county.
Dick's Knob is located in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness in the Chattahoochee National Forest on Pot Gap Ridge near the North Carolina border.[2] The summit is located 0.5miles south of the North Carolina border, 2miles east of Tate City and 10miles northwest of Clayton. Nearby geographical features include the Tallulah River, Standing Indian Mountain and Grassy Ridge.[3] Dicks Knob is part of the southern Crystalline Appalachians.[4] A dwarfed oak forest covers the mountain's summit.[5]
The summit of Dick's Knob was burned during the 2016 Rock Mountain Fire.[6]
No trails pass over Dick's Knob's summit. However, the mountain can be reached by hiking off-trail south from the Appalachian Trail at Beech Gap or east from the Tate Branch Campground near Tate City.[7] [8]