Big Chairs
Big Chairs is an attraction in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Dry Pine Hill stands 9 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is SCAD Sign, a artwork 0.1 miles away. SC-46 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- SCAD
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the SC-46 Scenic Highway
- 15.9 mi off the Hilton Head Scenic Highway
- 16.4 mi off the Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway
- 17.4 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boundary Village Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- Battlefield Park: 0.4 mi
- Alex Townsend Grand Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Yamacraw Park: 0.4 mi
- Elbert Square: 0.5 mi
- Spring Hill Redoubt reconstruction: 0.4 mi
- Flame of Freedom: 0.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.6 mi
- Wright Square: 0.7 mi
- A World Apart / Cracked Earth: 0.8 mi
- Georgia State Railroad Museum: 0.3 mi
- Savannah Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Roundhouse Railroad Museum: 0.4 mi
- Savannah History Museum: 0.4 mi
- SCAD Sign: 0.1 mi
- SCAD Sign: 0.1 mi
- SCAD Sign: 0.1 mi
- SCAD Beach: 0.3 mi
- Silence is Golden: 0.4 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley: 0.1 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley Tours Welcome Center: 0.3 mi
- River Street Riverboat Company: 0.8 mi
- River Street: 1.0 mi
- Old Fort Jackson: 4.0 mi
- SCAD Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 0.9 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Savannah Botanical Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Savannah Botancial Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Sassafras Hill: 19.2 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 19.5 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 19.7 mi
- Calabash Knoll: 20.0 mi
- Prevent Knoll: 20.2 mi
- Causton Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Drakies Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Kilkenny Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Okatee Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Butter Bean Beach: 9.4 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 15.0 mi
- North Beach: 15.7 mi
- Back River Beach: 16.0 mi
- Mid Beach: 16.3 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 5.2 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 7.7 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 17.3 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 10.3 mi
- I-16 Eastbound Weigh Station: 20.7 mi
- I-16 Westbound Weigh Station: 20.8 mi
- Purrysburg: 15.1 mi
- Ebenezer: 21.0 mi
- Sunbury: 23.8 mi
- Tybee Island Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 15.7 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 15.7 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 5.6 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Chairs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Pine Hill | N 354° | 9 m | 21.0 mi |
| Stevens Hill | N 354° | 8 m | 22.4 mi |
| Long Hill | N 353° | 7 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NNE 14° | 4 m | 19.2 mi |
| Laurel Knoll | NNE 17° | 4 m | 19.5 mi |
| Buzzard Knoll | NNE 16° | 4 m | 19.7 mi |
| Calabash Knoll | NNE 16° | 4 m | 20.0 mi |
| Prevent Knoll | NNE 15° | 4 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:59 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7118796274
Day trips start here
- Savannah · 1 mi
- Port Wentworth · 7 mi
- Skidaway Island · 11 mi
- Tybee Island · 16 mi
- Bluffton · 18 mi
- Hilton Head Island · 22 mi
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