Howard's Rock
Howard's Rock is an attraction in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Long Mountain stands 610 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Scroll of Honor, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 26 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 26 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 26 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scroll of Honor: 0.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Upper Intramural Fields: 0.2 mi
- Lower Intramural Fields: 0.2 mi
- Gantt Circle: 0.3 mi
- Horsehead Point Falls: 2.5 mi
- Meadow Falls: 2.9 mi
- Waldrop Stone Falls: 4.4 mi
- Todd Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Wildcat Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sixmile Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Bogg Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Woodall Mountain: 14.4 mi
- Longview Mountain: 15.4 mi
- McGullion Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Walter T Cox Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Riggs Hall Plaque: 0.3 mi
- Military Heritage Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Green Clemson Statue: 0.3 mi
- Harlan E. McClure, FAIA: 0.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 0.2 mi
- Clemson Area African American Museum: 1.3 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 4.6 mi
- Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum: 6.5 mi
- World of Energy: 8.8 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 0.2 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 0.3 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 0.3 mi
- Six Degrees of Freedom: 0.3 mi
- All In: 0.4 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 14.1 mi
- M60: 15.6 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 15.9 mi
- Generator: 16.4 mi
- Tiny Town: 21.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 10.3 mi
- English Garden: 16.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 16.2 mi
- Hart County Botanical Garden: 23.9 mi
- East Beach: 0.8 mi
- South Beach: 10.4 mi
- North Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 20.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.5 mi
- Mineral Spring: 21.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 23.1 mi
- South: 10.4 mi
- Tugaloo State Park: 18.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 85 South: 19.3 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 15.2 mi
- Andersonville: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Howard's Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain | NW 314° | 610 m | 20.2 mi |
| McKinneys Mountain | NNW 339° | 591 m | 21.3 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 21° | 584 m | 21.7 mi |
| Oconee Mountain | NW 312° | 568 m | 19.2 mi |
| Wadakoe Mountain | N 1° | 565 m | 20.8 mi |
| Rocky Bald Mountain | N 5° | 563 m | 18.2 mi |
| Odle Mountain | N 11° | 555 m | 20.4 mi |
| Horse Gap Mountain | N 3° | 551 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clemson Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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