Peg Leg Bates
Peg Leg Bates is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 295 m. Caesars Head Mountain stands 980 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Octo 2, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 20 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 21 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Octo 2: 0.1 mi
- Sterling Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Cardinal on Cat on Dog: 0.1 mi
- Interval: Mountain Fall: 0.1 mi
- McBee Statue: 0.2 mi
- Max Heller Statue: 0.2 mi
- Buncombe Road Historical Plaque: 0.3 mi
- Richard W. "Dick" Riley: 0.3 mi
- 81st Wildcat Division: 0.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.3 mi
- Brockman Park: 0.3 mi
- Falls Park: 0.4 mi
- Pettigru Street Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Heritage Green: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Green: 0.5 mi
- Reedy River Falls: 0.4 mi
- Lower Reedy River Falls: 0.5 mi
- Arboretum Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rock Quarry Falls: 0.5 mi
- Conestee Falls: 6.1 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Butler Hill: 3.3 mi
- Roper Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Paris Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Rock Mountain: 12.9 mi
- Christ Church Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Patio: 0.4 mi
- The Shaw Garden: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Hill Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Harriet's Garden: 0.6 mi
- The Children's Museum of the Upstate: 0.4 mi
- American Legion War Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Greenville County Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Sigal Music Museum: 0.5 mi
- Upcountry History Museum: 0.6 mi
- Greenville Glides: 0.2 mi
- Kilgore-Lewis House: 0.4 mi
- Steamer Car: 3.8 mi
- Roper Mountain Science Center: 5.1 mi
- Old Southern 1046 rail car: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Tables Area: 1.7 mi
- Pavilion 2: 2.3 mi
- Pavilion 1: 2.3 mi
- Shelter: 3.7 mi
- Commons Building Outdoor seating area: 5.7 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 12.9 mi
- South Tyger River Blueways Tract: 15.2 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Cragmoor Farms: 24.6 mi
- Glassy Rock: 20.2 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 22.5 mi
- El Lieutenant: 23.0 mi
- Long Rock: 24.7 mi
- Chick Springs: 8.2 mi
- Greythorne Retention Pond: 10.3 mi
- Mineral Spring: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Peg Leg Bates. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesars Head Mountain | NW 324° | 980 m | 21.9 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | N 355° | 924 m | 22.1 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 9° | 922 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | N 8° | 921 m | 20.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | N 351° | 879 m | 21.9 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | N 10° | 848 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Stool | NW 310° | 797 m | 21.7 mi |
| Little Pinnacle Mountain | NNW 331° | 792 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:10 | 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–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Dwtn AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11531358337
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