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Palmetto Trio

Palmetto Trio from directly overhead

Palmetto Trio is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Unity, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 8.0 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates34.95702, -81.92191

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Barnet Park: 0.4 mi
  • Walter S. Montgomery Commons: 0.5 mi
  • Richardson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Featherston Green: 0.6 mi
  • Happy Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 52
Peaks: 23
Museums: 17
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 0.5 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 0.8 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 4.1 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 7.8 mi
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 9.3 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 15.0 mi
  • Peachoid: 16.4 mi
  • M106A1: 17.1 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Frey Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Sillers Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 18.1 mi
  • 3: 18.1 mi
  • 2: 18.1 mi
  • 5: 18.1 mi
  • 4: 18.1 mi
Springs: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palmetto Trio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainWNW 303°493 m23.5 mi
Bird MountainNW 313°452 m22.8 mi
Little MountainNNW 330°424 m22.5 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 315°388 m23.0 mi
Pax MountainWNW 288°388 m23.9 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 39°364 m13.8 mi
Butler HillWSW 254°363 m24.7 mi
Windmill HillNW 306°361 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:45
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:3216:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9650414292

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