For the Love of Water
For the Love of Water is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Rich Mountain stands 922 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Native Plant and Water Reuse Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 21 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2025-05-02
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 29.9 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Korean War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Laurel School: 2.6 mi
- David Bates Greenway: 3.4 mi
- Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Memorial: 3.6 mi
- War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Gatlin Park: 1.3 mi
- Conestee Park: 1.3 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 1.6 mi
- Rockwood Park: 2.0 mi
- Mt Plesant Community Center: 2.2 mi
- Girders: 2.3 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Airplane in flight: 3.4 mi
- The Depot: 3.4 mi
- The Groundbreaking: 3.4 mi
- Roper Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Butler Hill: 4.5 mi
- Piney Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Paris Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 11.8 mi
- Native Plant and Water Reuse Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.6 mi
- Sullivan Street Farm: 3.8 mi
- The Shaw Garden: 3.8 mi
- Conestee Falls: 1.9 mi
- Rock Quarry Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Reedy River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Arboretum Falls: 4.0 mi
- Reedy River Falls: 4.0 mi
- Military History Center of the Carolinas: 3.4 mi
- Museum and Library of Confederate History: 3.9 mi
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library: 4.0 mi
- Harrison Hall of Natural Science: 4.2 mi
- Living History Farm: 4.2 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 4.3 mi
- Kilgore-Lewis House: 4.4 mi
- Greenville Glides: 4.4 mi
- Steamer Car: 8.0 mi
- Tiny Town: 9.6 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 4.8 mi
- Pavilion 1: 4.9 mi
- Pavilion 2: 5.0 mi
- Shelter: 5.2 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 14.4 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 15.3 mi
- Cragmoor Farms: 22.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 6.1 mi
- Chick Springs: 10.1 mi
- Mineral Spring: 14.0 mi
- Glassy Rock: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of For the Love of Water. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | N 3° | 922 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | N 2° | 921 m | 24.0 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | N 4° | 848 m | 23.6 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | NNW 326° | 774 m | 24.8 mi |
| Old Indian Mountain | N 358° | 697 m | 23.7 mi |
| Paris Mountain | NNW 345° | 626 m | 10.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | NNW 330° | 619 m | 24.3 mi |
| Osborne Mountain | NNW 340° | 604 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1384126223
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