Radbun Bald, Blue Ridge, Georgia
Radbun Bald is a high point on the Blue Ridge in Radbun County, Georgia, just below the North Carolina border. It has a 360 degree view from a stone observation tower at the summit. The Blue Ridge Mountains form the southeastern flank of the Southern Appalachians in North Carolina and Georgia. The ridge tends to have steep slopes to the southeast that face the rolling Piedmont many miles away. At Radbun Bald, the land drops away quickly in that direction, descending over the course of a few miles from the 4700 foot bald into a jumble of ridges 2000-2500 feet lower in height, criss-crossed by a network of winding streams. Beyond this birds-eye view of near wilderness, the flat Georgia piedmont stretches off into the haze. To the northeast, the Blue Ridge continues, with steep or rocky summits standing out at various distances. North and west loom some of the high ridges of the Southern Appalachians. Research has confirmed that the big dark shapes in the middle distance to the nort