The Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Little Knob stands 273 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Armed Forces Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2004
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Calvert Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
- Pine Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Shirley Jenkins Park: 0.7 mi
- Josh and Ella Savage Park: 1.1 mi
- Clinton Mill City Park: 1.1 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Hayes Station Monument: 8.0 mi
- Cross Hill Confederate Monument: 12.7 mi
- Clinton Museum: 0.8 mi
- Laurens County Museum: 8.2 mi
- Revolutionary War Museum & Library: 8.3 mi
- Cherokee Museum: 11.9 mi
- NFT Museum: 19.6 mi
- Birds Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Little Knob: 13.6 mi
- Big Knob: 15.5 mi
- Beddington Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Crab Apple Hill: 20.9 mi
- Stomp Springs: 8.0 mi
- Harris Springs: 12.7 mi
- Jew's Harp Spring: 20.3 mi
- West Springs: 21.6 mi
- Glenn Springs: 24.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 15.5 mi
- Wells Japanese Garden: 19.5 mi
- Piedmont Physic Garden: 22.5 mi
- Rippy Courtyard: 22.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 24.2 mi
- Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center: 9.7 mi
- Tyger River Confluence: 20.2 mi
- Tyger River Confluence: 20.6 mi
- Belfast Plantation: 9.7 mi
- Norfolk and Western 518526: 16.9 mi
- Memorial A-60 Battle Tank: 21.8 mi
- Downtown Mural: 21.7 mi
- Union Cotton Mills mural: 22.5 mi
- Rebecca At The Well: 23.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Great Blue Heron. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Knob | NW 304° | 273 m | 13.6 mi |
| Big Knob | WNW 298° | 270 m | 15.5 mi |
| Beddington Mountain | NNE 13° | 242 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lucas Hill | N 353° | 234 m | 23.0 mi |
| Crab Apple Hill | N 354° | 225 m | 20.9 mi |
| Birds Mountain | N 11° | 211 m | 6.9 mi |
| Wofford Mountain | N 10° | 209 m | 23.0 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 6° | 199 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clinton, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5455529894
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