Young Lick
Mountain in Georgia, United States
title: "Young Lick" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "landforms-of-habersham-county,-georgia", "mountains-of-rabun-county,-georgia", "mountains-of-towns-county,-georgia", "mountains-on-the-appalachian-trail"] description: "Mountain in Georgia, United States" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-georgia-u-s-state" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Lick" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in Georgia, United States ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Young lick |
| photo | Brasstown Bald view looking towards Young Lick, May 2019 (cropped).jpg |
| photo_caption | Young Lick viewed from Brasstown Bald |
| elevation_ft | 3809 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_ft | 280 |
| prominence_ref | |
| location | Habersham, Rabun and Towns counties, Georgia, U.S.A. |
| range | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| coordinates | |
| topo | USGS Tray Mountain |
| easiest_route | Hike |
| :: |
| name = Young lick | photo = Brasstown Bald view looking towards Young Lick, May 2019 (cropped).jpg | photo_caption = Young Lick viewed from Brasstown Bald | elevation_ft = 3809 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 280 | prominence_ref = | location = Habersham, Rabun and Towns counties, Georgia, U.S.A. | range = Blue Ridge Mountains | coordinates = | topo = USGS Tray Mountain | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Hike
Young Lick is a mountain that lies in three Georgia counties, Habersham, Rabun and Towns. Its summit - Young Lick Knob, elevation 3809 ft, is one of Habersham County's highest points. Young Lick Knob is crossed by the Appalachian Trail.
The peak is geographically significant for two reasons. First, it marks the point where Habersham, Rabun and Towns counties meet. More importantly, Young Lick is a "triple-divide" peak on the Eastern Continental Divide, with rainfall from its summit flowing into three completely separate major basins. To the northeast of the peak, water flows into the headwaters of the Savannah River and into the Atlantic Ocean. To the southeast, water flows directly into the Gulf of Mexico via the Chattahoochee, then Apalachicola rivers. To the west, water also flows to the Gulf, but it follows a less direct route via the Hiawassee, Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi river systems.
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- [https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:333486 USGS]
- [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7732 Peakbagger]
- [http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/07_06/07_19_06/mtn_voices.html ''The Mountains Tumultuous Past'' By George Ellison, Smoky Mountain News, July 19, 2006]
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